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disables

[dis-ey-buhl] Origin

dis·a·ble

[dis-ey-buhl]
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

dis·a·ble·ment, noun
dis·a·bler, noun


1. enfeeble, paralyze. See cripple.

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Word Origin & History

disable
mid-15c., from dis- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + pp. of ablen (v.) "to make fit." Related: Disabled.
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