| Pronunciation: | `disen'eybul | ||
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| Definition: | [v] make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" | ||
| Synonyms: | disable, incapacitate | ||
| Antonyms: | enable | ||
| See Also: | alter, change, confine, hold, lay up, nobble, pinion, restrain | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Dis`en*a"ble\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + enable.]
To disable; to disqualify.
The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to
speak. --State Trials
(1640).
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