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Disable \Dis*a"ble\, a.
Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive
force." --Daniel.
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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.
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A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a
wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure
disables him. --Jer. Taylor.
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And had performed it, if my known offense
Had not disabled me. --Milton.
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I have disabled mine estate. --Shak.
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2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to
render legally incapable.
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An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and
disables his children to inherit. --Blackstone.
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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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