Incapacitate
[,ɪnkə'pæsɪteɪt] or [,ɪnkə'pæsɪtet]
Definition
(v. t.) To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.
(v. t.) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.
Checker: Lorrie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Disable, make incapable.[2]. Disqualify, unfit, make unfit.
Editor: Simon
Definition
v.t. to deprive of capacity: to make incapable: to disqualify.—ns. Incapacitā′tion the act of disqualifying; Incapac′ity want of capacity or power of mind: inability: legal disqualification.
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- This fellow is a great scoundrel, and ought to be incapacitated from perpetrating further mischief. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The extent of the calamity left Mr. Letterblair white and incapacitated. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He is not ill--only incapacitated. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Gerald stood by her, incapacitated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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