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DISABLE, v.t. [dis and able.]

1. To render unable; to deprive of competent natural strength or power. A man is disabled to walk by a broken or paralytic leg, by sickness, &c.

2. To deprive of mental power, as by destroying or weakening the understanding.

3. To deprive of adequate means, instruments or resources. A nation may be disabled to carry on war by want of money. The loss of a ship may disable a man to prosecute commerce, or to pay his debts.

4. To destroy the strength; or to weaken and impair so as to render incapable of action, service or resistance. A fleet is disabled by a storm, or by a battle. A ship is disabled by the loss of her masts or spars.

5. To destroy or impair and weaken the means which render any thing active, efficacious or useful; to destroy or diminish any competent means.

6. To deprive of legal qualifications, or competent power; to incapacitate; to render incapable.

An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood and disables his children to inherit.
1913 Definition
Disable (disable)
a.(?)
Dis*a"ble
  1. Lacking ability; unable.
    [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.
  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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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