About The Word Disable
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Disable
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What's The Definition Of Disable?
[v] injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
[v] make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Disable: disenable | handicap | incapacitate | incapacitate | invalid Related Terms | Find terms related to Disable: afflict | attenuate | batter | blunt | bugger | castrate | cripple | debilitate | de-energize | 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 See Also | alter | change | confine | hold | injure | lay up | nobble | pinion | restrain | wound Disable In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*a"ble\, a.
Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] ``Our disable and unactive
force.'' --Daniel.
\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. --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. |
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