4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: disabled \disabled\ adj. 1. injured so as to be unable to function; as, disabled veterans. Syn: hors de combat, out of action. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. unable to function at normal capacity. Syn: handicapped, incapacitated. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] And had performed it, if my known offense Had not disabled me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I have disabled mine estate. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable. [1913 Webster] An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: disabled adj 1: incapacitated by injury or illness [syn: {handicapped}, {incapacitated}] 2: so badly injured as to be unable to continue; "disabled veterans" [syn: {hors de combat}, {out of action}] n : people who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "disabled": ausgespielt, bad, burned-out, castrated, crippled, damaged, devitalized, disarmed, disqualified, drained, effete, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, eviscerated, exhausted, fatigued, game, halt, halting, hamstrung, handicapped, harmed, hobbling, hog-tied, impaired, incapacitated, inoperative, invalidated, lame, limping, maimed, paralyzed, played out, prostrate, ruined, run-down, sapped, spavined, spent, used up, wasted, weakened, worn, worn-out
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