— disablement , n. — disabler , n.
/dis ay"beuhl/ , v.t., disabled, disabling .
1. to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; cripple; incapacitate: He was disabled by blindness.
2. to make legally incapable; disqualify.
[ 1475-85; DIS- 1 + ABLE ]
Syn. 1. enfeeble, paralyze. See cripple .