Definition of "disable"

disable

/dɪsˈeɪbəl/

verb
third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disabling, simple past and past participle disabled
1. (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
2. (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
3. (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
adjective
comparative more disable, superlative most disable
1. (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
  Quotations
  Our disable and unactive force.
  1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson