▪ I. disabling, vbl. n.
(dɪsˈeɪblɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb disable, q.v.
| 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 30 Preamb., The said atteyndre and dishabling of the said Gervys. 1555 Abp. Parker Ps. lxix. 188 They did it cast, to my disabelyng. 1658–9 Burton's Diary (1828) III. 248, I was against utter disabling in the other case, because I would not have you meddle with after Parliaments. |
▪ II. disˈabling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That disables: see the verb.
| 1756 Monitor I. xxxii. 293 Must that fire..be smothered by disabling clauses in statutes? 1763 Hardwicke in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) VI. cxxxvii. 288, I made all the dutiful, grateful, but disabling speeches that became me. 1832 Lewis Use & Ab. Pol. Terms xv. 142 The absence of a disabling law. 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ii. 501 The creaking of the door..Which let upon you such disabling news. |