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English Dictionary: disabling	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disabling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disabling adj that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury" Synonym(s): crippling, disabling, incapacitating depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified; "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship" Synonym(s): disabling, disqualifying Antonym(s): enabling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] [bd]He disabled my judgment.[b8] --Shak. Syn: To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.