disable

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English

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ able.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈeɪbəl/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /dɪzˈeɪbəl/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eɪbəl
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Verb

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disable (third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disabling, simple past and past participle disabled)

  1. (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
  2. (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
    Falling off the horse disabled him.
  3. (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
    The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.

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Adjective

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disable (comparative more disable, superlative most disable)

  1. (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
    • 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: [] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
      Our disable and unactive force.

References

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  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 6.64, page 203.

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Scots

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪsebl/, /ˈdɪʃebl/

Verb

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disable (third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disablein, simple past disablet, past participle disablet)

  1. disable, disqualify