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injure
English
Etymology
A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin ini?ria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + i?s, i?ris (“right, law”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nd??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nd??/
- Rhymes: -?nd??(?)
Verb
injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)
- (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- (transitive) To damage or impair.
- (transitive) To do injustice to.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- praise
- help
- preserve
- benefit
Related terms
- injurious
- injury
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, ini?ria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?y?/
Noun
injure f (plural injures)
- offense, insult
Related terms
- injurier
References
“injure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
inj?re
- vocative masculine singular of inj?rus
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disable
English
Etymology
dis- +? able
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?e?b??]
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Verb
disable (third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disabling, simple past and past participle disabled)
- (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
- (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Synonyms
- unable (non-standard), see also Thesaurus:disable
- deactivate
Antonyms
- enable
Derived terms
- disablement
Translations
Adjective
disable (comparative more disable, superlative most disable)
- (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
- Our disable and unactive force.
Anagrams
- baldies, bidales, diables, labside
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?sebl/, /?d??ebl/
Verb
disable (third-person singular present disables, present participle disablein, past disablet, past participle disablet)
- disable, disqualify
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