Is There Such a Word as Disenable?

verb (used with object), dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling. to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb.

What does it mean when someone is disable?

Someone who is disabled has an illness, injury, or condition that tends to restrict the way that they can live their life, especially by making it difficult for them to move about. ... practical problems encountered by disabled people in the workplace. Synonyms: with a disability, paralysed More Synonyms of disabled.

What is the root word of disable?

disable (v.)

"render unable, weaken or destroy the capability of," late 15c., from dis- "do the opposite of" + ablen (v.) "to make fit" (see able). Related: Disabled; disabling.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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