disenable

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verb

To disable (render unable)

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disableincapacitate
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Meanings

verbdisenable (third-person singular simple present disenables, present participle disenabling, simple past and past participle disenabled)

present singular third person disenables · participle present disenabling · participle past disenabled · past disenabled

  1. transitiveTo disable (render unable)

    The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak.

    1640, State Trials

    Synonyms: disable

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo disable (render unable)

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disable

More synonyms by meaning

verbmake unable to perform a certain action

Similar
disableincapacitate
Broader
changealtermodify
Also see
crippledisableincapacitate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dis- + enable.

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Cite this entry
APA

disenable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenable

MLA

“disenable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disenable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenable.

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