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† unˈabled, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[un-1 8.]
1. Unqualified.
1497–8in Archæol. Jrnl. XLIII. 168 It[e]m for a fyne lost by Will[ia]m Birchwold for settyng to werke a child vnabled & vnbound [= unapprenticed], xd. 1653Gauden Hierasp. 226 Compleating those sad effects, which disorderly, unordeined, unsent, and unabled Teachers..have already begun.
2. Not endowed with strength or vigour.
1597Middleton Wisd. Solomon ii. 11 Wee are the cedars, they the mushromes bee, Vnabled shrubs, vnto an abled tree. |