'Incapacitate' definitions:

Definition of 'incapacitate'

From: WordNet
verb
Make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" [syn: disable, disenable, incapacitate] [ant: enable]
verb
Injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" [syn: disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap]

Definition of 'Incapacitate'

From: GCIDE
  • Incapacitate \In`ca*pac"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incapacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating.] [Pref. in- not + capacitate.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify. [1913 Webster]
  • It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. --Milman. [1913 Webster]

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