incapacitate
Americanverb
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to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable
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to deprive of legal capacity or eligibility
Other Word Forms
- incapacitation noun
Etymology
Origin of incapacitate
First recorded in 1650–60; incapacit(y) + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Lastly, don’t neglect basic estate planning: create/update your will, add beneficiaries to your stock/bank accounts and establish powers of attorney and health-care directives should you become incapacitated.
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A lawyer who holds durable power of attorney, which remains in effect after the principal becomes incapacitated, may generally access the client’s bank account.
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A power of attorney usually looks after a person’s finances while they have diminished capacity; a durable power of attorney would continue to carry out these duties after if/when your brother becomes incapacitated.
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Dragging the incapacitated along on sledges, the rescuers struggled back to the Advance, enduring snow blindness and frostbite.
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Furthermore, a durable power of attorney remains valid when the principal — your relative, in this case — becomes incapacitated.
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