Disable /(?)/

1. Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.]

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.

   A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him.

   And had performed it, if my known offense Had not disabled me.

   I have disabled mine estate.

2. To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable. (Law)

   An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit.

3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [Obs.]