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English Dictionary: crippled	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crippled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crippled adj disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" Synonym(s): crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cripple \Crip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crippled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crippling} (-pl?ng).] 1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. He had crippled the joints of the noble child. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. --Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crippled \Crip"pled\ (kr?p"p'ld), a. Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. [bd]The crippled crone.[b8] --Longfellow.