incapacitate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make unable to perform a certain action
    disenable; disable.
    • disable this command on your computer
  2. verb injure permanently
    handicap; disable; invalid.
    • He was disabled in a car accident

WordNet

In`ca*pac"i*tate transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. in- not + capacitate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Incapacitated ; present participle & verbal noun Incapacitating
Definitions
  1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.
  2. (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. Milman.

Webster 1913