incapacitate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incapacitate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for incapacitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incapacitate v make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" Synonym(s): disable, disenable, incapacitate Antonym(s): enable injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" Synonym(s): disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incapacitate \In`capac"itate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incapacitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incapacitating}.] [Pref. in- not + capacitate.] 1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war. 2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify. It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. --Milman.