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verb

Disable v. t. (past & past part. disabled; pres. part. disabling)

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."

(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."

To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. (Obs.) "He disabled my judgment."

Synonyms: To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.

adjective

Disable adj. Lacking ability; unable. (Obs.) "Our disable and unactive force."

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Etymology of 'Disable'

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"Disable" Quotes from Famous Books

... lost on account of no greater thing than a loose saddle-girth. A loose screw will disable the mightiest engine in the world. A bit of sand in the bearing of an axle has brought many a locomotive to a standstill, and thrown out of order every train on the division. Lives have been lost, business houses wrecked, private fortunes laid in the balance, just because some one did ...

— Stories Worth Rereading • Various

... has its part in every pitched battle, and in the intervals it has many severe conflicts of its own. Daring, ambitious leaders are coming to the front, and the year will be one of great and hazardous activity. My chief regret is that Hilland's wound did not disable him wholly from further service in the field. Still he will come out all right. He always has and ever will. There are hidden laws that control and shape our lives. It seems to me that you were predestined ...

— His Sombre Rivals • E. P. Roe

... is that of John Blair Linn, brother-in-law of Charles Brockden Brown, who was not out of love with his nativity, nor accustomed to disable the benefits of his country. In his "Powers of Genius," which was beautifully reprinted in ...

— The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 • Albert Smyth

... surgeon who made an examination reported that he discovered indications that the claimant had suffered at some time with chronic ophthalmia, but that in his opinion his eyes did not disable him in the least, and that the claimant was well nourished ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. • Grover Cleveland

... came a lull. The captain said thoughtfully, "Those are the waves that disable or founder ships and send them to the bottom of ...

— The Land of the Long Night • Paul du Chaillu

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