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disenable

disenable verb: to disable (render unable).

Verb

disenable (third-person singular simple present disenables, present participle disenabling, simple past and past participle disenabled)

  1. (transitive) To disable (render unable)
    • The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak.1640, State Trials
    Synonyms:
    disable

Synonyms of disenable

Forms of disenable

third-person singular presentdisenables
present participledisenabling
past participledisenabled
pastdisenabled

Origin of disenable

From dis- + enable.

Questions about disenable

What does disenable mean?
Disenable means to disable (render unable).
What part of speech is disenable?
Disenable is a verb.
What is the past tense of disenable?
The past tense of disenable is disenabled.

Words near disenable in the dictionary

  1. disemvoweling
  2. disemvowelled
  3. disemvowelling
  4. disemvowelment
  5. disemvowels
  6. disenable
  7. disenabled
  8. disenables
  9. disenabling
  10. disenamor
  11. disenamour

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