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Definition of Disable

1. Verb. Make unable to perform a certain action. "Disable this command on your computer"

2. Verb. Injure permanently. "He was disabled in a car accident"

Definition of Disable

1. a. Lacking ability; unable.

2. v. t. 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.

Definition of Disable

1. Verb. (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of. ¹

2. Verb. (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury. ¹

3. Verb. to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disable

1. to render incapable or unable [v -ABLED, -ABLING, -ABLES]

Medical Definition of Disable

1. 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. 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. "He disabled my judgment." Synonym: To weaken, unfit, disqualify, incapacitate. Origin: Disabled; Disabling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disable

dirubidium diruption dis- dis-ease dis legomena dis legomenon disabilities disability disability benefit disability check

disability evaluation disability insurance disability of walking disability payment disablable disable (current term) disableable disabled disabled children disabled person

disabled persons disableism disableist disablement disablements disableness disabler disablers disables disabling

Literary usage of Disable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"Smith, 1 Bl. 441, Lord Mansfield says, " If a man makes over so much of his stock in trade as to disable himself from being a trader, this would be ..."

2. Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law, and Cognate Topics: With by Alabaster, Ernest, 1872-, Chaloner Alabaster, China (1899)
"IMPORTANCE OF WEAPONS : SIGNIFICANCE OF 'disable', 'MAIM', ETC. ... fH A • The Chinese expressions corresponding to 'disable', 'disfigure', 'maim' etc., ..."

3. A Treatise on International Public Law by Hannis Taylor (1901)
"Weapons to disable an enemy without unnecessary suffering.—Turning now from forces to their weapons, including arms, projectiles and material, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance in All Its Branches: Especially Fire by George Richards (1909)
"Same Subject—" Immediately and Wholly disable."—The word "immediately" in this clause is construed as referring to time and ..."

5. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1890)
"... of War held— Soldiers implore Emin to take charge of them—Flight decided on—We prepare for the Might—We throw away our treasures— I disable the ..."

6. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1890)
"... of War held— Soldiers implore Emin to take charge of them—Flight deckled on—We prepare for the flight—We throw away our treasures— I disable the ..."

7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"... of the ram for some time when it occurred to Roe that by striking the ram under water by the sharp false stem of the Sassacus he might disable her. ..."

8. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"Moved, to disable the Scots queen. Answered. What precedents might be found. Joan of Naples. Petition of both houses to the queen i and her answers. ..."

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