From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disable \Dis*a"ble\, adjective Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] ''Our disable and unactive force.'' --Daniel.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disable \Dis*a"ble\ (?; 277), verb (used with an object) [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. --Jer. Taylor.
And had performed it, if my known offense Had not disabled me. --Milton.
I have disabled mine estate. --Shak.
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. --Blackstone.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" [syn: {disenable}, {incapacitate}] [ant: {enable}]
2: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" [syn: {invalid}, {incapacitate}, {handicap}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "disable": afflict, attenuate, batter, blunt, bugger, castrate, cripple, de-energize, debilitate, derange, devitalize, disarm, disenable, disorder, drain, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, hamstring, harm, hobble, hors de combat, hospitalize, hurt, immobilize, inactivate, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, kibosh, lame, lay up, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, prostrate, put, queer, queer the works, reduce, ruin, sabotage, sap, sicken, spike, spoil, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wing, wreck
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