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discapacitate

discapacitate verb: to deprive of capacity or ability; to incapacitate.

Verb

discapacitate (third-person singular simple present discapacitates, present participle discapacitating, simple past and past participle discapacitated)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of capacity or ability; to incapacitate.

Forms of discapacitate

third-person singular presentdiscapacitates
present participlediscapacitating
past participlediscapacitated
pastdiscapacitated

Origin of discapacitate

From dis- + capacitate.

Questions about discapacitate

What does discapacitate mean?
Discapacitate means to deprive of capacity or ability; to incapacitate.
What part of speech is discapacitate?
Discapacitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of discapacitate?
The past tense of discapacitate is discapacitated.

Words near discapacitate in the dictionary

  1. discandying
  2. discant
  3. discanted
  4. discanting
  5. discants
  6. discapacitate
  7. discapacitated
  8. discapacitates
  9. discapacitating
  10. discard
  11. discardable

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