DISABLE


Meaning of DISABLE in English

də̇ˈsābəl also -ˈzā- transitive verb

( disabled ; disabled ; disabling -b(ə)liŋ ; disables )

Etymology: Middle English disablen, from dis- (I) + able (adjective)

1. : to deprive of legal right or qualification : make legally incapable or incompetent : disqualify

2. : to make incapable or ineffective : incapacitate

heavy financial losses disabling him from the execution of his plans

disable a bomb

especially : to deprive of physical, moral, or intellectual strength

an English winter … disabled my mother like a mortal sickness — Sylvia T. Warner

disables the rich as completely as the poor — G.B.Shaw

3. obsolete

a. : to deprive of what gives value : impair in worth

I have disabled mine estate — Shakespeare

b. : to declare incompetent or invalid : disparage

he disabled my judgment — Shakespeare

Synonyms: see weaken

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