DISABLES

Verb

disables

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disable

Source: Wiktionary


DISABLE

Dis*a"ble, a.

Definition: Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.

Dis*a"ble, 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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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