Dis*a"ble (?), a.
Lacking ability; unable.
[Obs.] "Our
disable and unactive force."
Daniel.
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Dis*a"ble .]
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.] "He
disabled my judgment."
Shak.
Syn. -- To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.
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