- To deprive of capacity or natural power; to
disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age
incapacitated him for war. - To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites,
or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts;
to disqualify.
Meaning of 'incapacitate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . incapacitate
[ v]
Meaning (1): - make unable to perform a certain action