'Incapacitate' definitions:
Definition of 'incapacitate'
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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]
Synonyms of 'incapacitate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflict,
- bugger,
- castrate,
- cripple,
- de-energize,
- deactivate,
- debilitate,
- derange,
- devitalize,
- disable,
- disarm,
- disenable,
- disorder,
- drain,
- emasculate,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- exhaust,
- hamstring,
- hobble,
- hors de combat,
- hospitalize,
- immobilize,
- impair,
- inactivate,
- indispose,
- invalid,
- kibosh,
- lame,
- lay up,
- maim,
- prostrate,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- reduce,
- sabotage,
- sicken,
- spike,
- unfit,
- weaken,
- wing,
- wound,
- wreck