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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. 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

dir prop Dis dis- DIS2 protein phosphatase DISA disabilities disability disability disability benefit disability check

disability evaluation disability insurance disability of walking disability payment disable (current term) disable (current term) disabled disabled children disabled persons disablement

disablements disabler disablers disables disabling disabusal disabusals disabuse disabused disabused(p)

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