incapacitate

English

Etymology

Mid-17th century, from incapacity +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.kəˈpæ.sɪ.teɪt/

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Verb

incapacitate (third-person singular simple present incapacitates, present participle incapacitating, simple past and past participle incapacitated) (transitive)

1. To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.

   The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head.

2. (law) To make someone ineligible; to disqualify.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:disable

Derived terms

• incapacitated
• incapacitating
• incapacitation

Translations

to put out of action, to render ineffective

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 令癱瘓／令瘫痪 (ling⁶ taan² wun⁶)

• Italian: impossibilitare (it)
• Maori: whakakaurapa
• Serbo-Croatian: онеспособити

to deprive of one's legal capacity

• Czech: zbavit svéprávnosti pf
• Italian: inibire (it)
• Polish: ubezwłasnowalniać impf, ubezwłasnowolnić pf

Romanian

Etymology

From French incapacité. Equivalent to in- +‎ capacitate.

Noun

incapacitate f (uncountable)

1. incapacity

Declension

declension of incapacitate (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) incapacitate	incapacitatea
genitive/dative	(unei) incapacități	incapacității
vocative	incapacitate, incapacitateo