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dis·a·ble
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dɪsˈeɪ
bəl
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dis-
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-b
uh
l
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verb (used with object),
-bled,
-bling.
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.
Origin:
1475–85;
dis-
1
+
able
Related forms
dis·a·ble·ment,
noun
dis·a·bler,
noun
Synonyms
1.
enfeeble, paralyze.
See
cripple.
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disable
(dɪsˈeɪb
ə
l)
—
vb
1.
to make ineffective, unfit, or incapable, as by crippling
2.
to make or pronounce legally incapable
3.
to switch off (an electronic device)
dis'ablement
—
n
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disable
mid-15c., from dis- "do the opposite of" (see
dis-
) + pp. of ablen (v.) "to make fit." Related: Disabled.
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