INCAPACITATE

disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap

(verb) injure permanently; “He was disabled in a car accident”

disable, disenable, incapacitate

(verb) make unable to perform a certain action; “disable this command on your computer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

incapacitate (third-person singular simple present incapacitates, present participle incapacitating, simple past and past participle incapacitated) (transitive)

To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.

(law) To make someone ineligible; to disqualify.

Synonyms

• See disable

Source: Wiktionary


In`ca*pac"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incapacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating.] Etym: [Pref. in- not + capacitate.]

1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

2. (Law)

Definition: To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify. It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. Milman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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