disenable, dis in able

t. [Pref. dis, and Eng. enable (q. v.).] 1. To deprive of power or means; to disable, to cripple. "The sight of it might disenable me to speak."- State Trials; Archbp. Laud (1640). 2. To render or declare incompetent. "An Act of Parliament dis in abling recusants from presenting to church livings."-Wood: Athenæ Oxon. *dis-en-a-bled (bled as beld), pa . par . or a. [DISENABLE.] *dis-en-ā-bling, *dis-in-a-bling, pr . par ., a. . [DISENABLE.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst. The act of depriving of power or competence; disabling. dis-en-ăm-õr, v. t. [Prefix dis, and Eng. en am or (q. v.).] To free from the state of being enamored. "He makes Don Quixote dis enamored of Dulcinea del Toboso."- Shelton : Don Quixote , vol. iv., ch. xviii. *dis-en-çhā ined, a. [Pref. dis , and Eng. enchained (q. v.).] Set free from restraint; unrestrained, uncontrolled. "Why need I paint, Charm i on, the now disenchained frenzy of mankind?"-E. A. Poe: Eiros and Charm i on. dis-en-chant', v . t . [Fr. désen chanter : des = Lat. dis away, apart, and enchanter = to enchant (q. v.).] 1. To free from enchantment; to disillusionize; to free from the power of fascination. "Can all these disenchant me?" Mas singer: Unnatural Combat , iv. 1. 2. To deprive of the power of enchanting or fascinating. "No reading or study had contributed to disenchant the fairy-land around him."-Goldsmith: Bee, No. 2. dis-en-chant-ed, pa . par . or a. [DISENCHANT.] dis-en-chant-er, s. [Eng. disenchant; -er.] One who or that which disenchants. "Disenchanters of necromancers, disrobers of gypsies." -Gayton: Notes on Don Quixote , p. 119. IMG:content-0087.png:[blocks in formation] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst. The act of freeing from enchantment or fascination; disenchantment.