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disabled
English
Etymology
From disable +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?e?b??d]
Adjective
disabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)
- Made incapable of use or action.
- 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
- In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.
- 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
- Having a disability.
- (law) Legally disqualified.
Synonyms
- incapacitated
- indisposed
- invalid
Antonyms
- enabled
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
disabled (usually uncountable, plural disableds)
- One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)
Translations
Verb
disabled
- simple past tense and past participle of disable
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infirm
English
Etymology
From Middle English infirme, from Latin infirmus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?f?m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Adjective
infirm (comparative infirmer, superlative infirmest)
- Weak or ill, not in good health.
- He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, Scene 2,[1]
- […] Here I stand your slave,
- A poor, infirm, weak, and despis’d old man.
- Irresolute; weak of mind or will.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2,[2]
- Infirm of purpose!
- Give me the daggers: […]
- 1797, Edmund Burke, A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament: On the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, London: F.&C. Rivington, p. 30,[3]
- […] vehement passion does not always indicate an infirm judgment.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2,[2]
- Frail; unstable; insecure.
- 1667, Robert South, “The Practice of Religion Enforced by Reason” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennet, p. 3,[4]
- He who fixes upon false Principles, treads upon Infirm ground, and so sinks […]
- 1667, Robert South, “The Practice of Religion Enforced by Reason” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennet, p. 3,[4]
Synonyms
- crank, ill, sick, unwell
Related terms
- infirmary
Translations
Verb
infirm (third-person singular simple present infirms, present participle infirming, simple past and past participle infirmed)
- To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
- The thought is that you see an episode of observation, experiment, or reasoning as confirming or infirming a hypothesis depending on whether your probability for it increases or decreases during the episode.
Synonyms
- disconfirm
Antonyms
- confirm
Derived terms
- infirmation
Translations
Anagrams
- Firmin
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?firm/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French infirme, from Latin infirmus.
Adjective
infirm m or n (feminine singular infirm?, masculine plural infirmi, feminine and neuter plural infirme)
- crippled
- Synonyms: invalid, schilod, beteag
Declension
Related terms
- infirmitate
Noun
infirm m (plural infirmi, feminine equivalent infirm?)
- cripple, invalid
- Synonyms: invalid, schilod
Declension
Etymology 2
Inflected form of infirma (“to invalidate”).
Verb
infirm
- inflection of infirma:
- first-person singular present indicative
- first-person singular present subjunctive
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