disable

[Dis*a·ble]

When an injury disables someone, it leaves the person seriously hurt, probably for the rest of their life. If a car accident disables you, you are permanently limited in some physical way.

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Lacking ability; unable.

Verb
injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

Verb
make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

a.
Lacking ability; unable.

v. t.
To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.

v. t.
To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.

v. t.
To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue.

Disable

Dis*a"ble , a. Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.

Disable

Dis*a"ble (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disabled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disabling .] 1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.

A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him.

And had performed it, if my known offense Had not disabled me.

I have disabled mine estate.

2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.

An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit.

3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [Obs.] "He disabled my judgment." Shak. Syn. -- To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.

Lacking ability; unable.

To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.

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Usage Examples

Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.