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The Meaning of disable

  • (a.) Lacking ability; unable.
  • (v. t.) To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue.

Synonyms

disenable , incapacitate , invalid , incapacitate , handicap

Antonyms

enable

Rhymes

abel , abell , able , cable , chaebol , crable , enable , fable , frable , gable , habile , hable , intercable , kable , knable , label , laible , mabel , mable , mislabel , playbill , rabal , raible , relabel , roundtable , sable , stabile , stable , table , timetable , turntable , unable , unstable , waibel , waybill , zabel