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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
disable
    v 1: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this
         command on your computer" [syn: disable, disenable,
         incapacitate] [ant: enable]
    2: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" [syn:
       disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disable \Dis*a"ble\, a.
   Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive
   force." --Daniel.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disable \Dis*a"ble\ (?; 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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Thesaurus Results for disable:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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