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Webster 1913 Edition


disqualify

dis-qual′i-fy

(dĭs-kwŏl′ĭ-fī)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disqualified
(dĭs-kwŏl′ĭ-fīd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disqualifying
.]
1.
To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; – with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.
My common illness
disqualifies
me for all conversation; I mean my deafness.
Swift.
Me are not
disqualified
by their engagements in trade from being received in high society.
Southey.
2.
To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally;
as, a conviction of perjury
disqualifies
a man to be a witness
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disqualify

DISQUALIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and qualify.]
1.
To make unfit; to deprive of natural power, or the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; with for. Indisposition disqualifies the body for labor, and the mind for study. Piety disqualifies a person for no lawful employment.
2.
To deprive of legal capacity, power or right; to disable. A conviction of perjury disqualifies a man for a witness. A direct interest in a suit disqualifies a person to be a juror in the cause.

Definition 2024


disqualify

disqualify

English

Verb

disqualify (third-person singular simple present disqualifies, present participle disqualifying, simple past and past participle disqualified)

  1. To make ineligible for something, by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.

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