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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISABLING, ppr. Rendering unable or incapable; depriving of adequate power or capacity, or of legal qualifications.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury" [syn: crippling, disabling, incapacitating]
2: depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified; "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship" [syn: disabling, disqualifying] [ant: enabling]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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