discapacitatev.
/ˌdɪskəˈpasᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˌdɪskəˈpæsəˌteɪt/ Now rare.
transitive. To make incapable, to incapacitate.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > render unable [verb (transitive)]
unablec1380
unablec1380
disable1548
lame1568
founder1590
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discapacitate1660
incapacitate1666
uncapacitate1668
incapacify1683
dishabilitate1871
1660 Z. Crofton Αναληψις Ανεληϕθη 38 Circumstances attending themselves, and discapacitating them unto the Act.
1673 J. Bunyan Differences Judgm. 17 If they be not such, the forbearance of which, discapacitates [printed discapaciates] him of Membership, he may yet be received to Fellowship.
1825 C. Lamb Mem. Liston in Misc. Wks. (1871) 406 An unavoidable infirmity absolutely discapacitated him for tragedy.
1873 D. H. Hamilton Autology v. iv. 660 Some have enslaved the will, and some have discapacitated the intellect.
2006 J. P. A. Sell Rhetoric & Wonder in Eng. Trav. Writing 185 Reason, temporarily occluded by ignorance and cognitively discapacitated, will be cleared by the incoming tide of knowledge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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