Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. --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) 1.7 (wn)

disable
v 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}]


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