Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Disable

Disable , adjective

Lacking ability; unable. [Obsolete]
Our disable and unactive force. — Daniel

Disable (?; 277) , transitive verb

1.
To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.
A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him. — Jer. Taylor
And had performed it, if my known offense Had not disabled me. — Milton
I have disabled mine estate. — Shakespeare
2.
(Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.
An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit. — Blackstone
3.
To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [Obsolete]
He disabled my judgment. — Shakespeare