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/ɪnkəpˈæsɪtˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

verb

Incapacitate v. t. (past & past part. incapacitated; pres. part. incapacitating)

To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

(Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify. "It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Incapacitated" Quotes from Famous Books

... wept bitterly, but with the subdued grief of one to whom tears have been familiar; and when she recovered, she soon brought her humble tale to an end. She herself, incapacitated from all work by sorrow and a breaking constitution, was left in the streets of Liverpool without other means of subsistence than the charitable contributions of the passengers and sailors on board the vessel. With this sum she had gone to London, where ...

— Alice, or The Mysteries, Book IV • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... time suffering from nervous debility and severe mental depression, the result of over-work and incessant anxiety; and to such a deplorable condition was he reduced that, for a considerable time, he was completely incapacitated for work of ...

— For Treasure Bound • Harry Collingwood

... to seek safety in flight, while the borele pursued in a manner that told of its being wounded, but not incapacitated ...

— The Giraffe Hunters • Mayne Reid

... nothing to hope from this quarter. It is those whom we may term the substantial middle classes, who, being least hindered by prejudices and pride of order, on the one hand, and incapacitated by ignorance on the other, have ever been the earliest and best friends of progress in any science. Here you find the retired scholar, the thoughtful and independent farmer, the skilful mechanic, the enlightened merchant, the curious traveller, the inquisitive philosopher—all fitted, ...

— Aurelian - or, Rome in the Third Century • William Ware

... was very little power of intercourse with her, as she lingered on the borders of the land very far away, where skill and tenderness could not either reach body or spirit. Often the watchers could not tell whether she was conscious, or only incapacitated from expression, by the fearful weight on her breath, which caused a restlessness most piteous in the exhausted helpless frame, wasted till the softest touch was anguish. Now and then came precious gleams when a familiar voice, or some momentary ...

— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge

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