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   Disable (?; 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.
   
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   A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him. Jer. Taylor.
   
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   And had performed it, if my known offense
   
   Had not disabled me. Milton.
   
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   I have disabled mine estate. Shak.
   
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   2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.
   
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   An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit. Blackstone.
   
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   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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   disabled adj.
   1. injured so as to be unable to function; as, “disabled veterans”.
   
   Syn. -- hors de combat, out of action.
   
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   2. unable to function at normal capacity.
   
   Syn. -- handicapped, incapacitated.
   
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