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disqualify, v.|dɪsˈkwɒlɪfaɪ|
[f. dis- 6 + qualify. Cf. mod.F. déqualifier.]
a. trans. To deprive of the qualifications required for some purpose; to render unqualified; to unfit, disable.
1723[see disqualifying]. 1733Swift On Poetry, A Rhapsody 41 Disqualify'd by fate To rise in church, or law, or state. 1736― Let. 22 Apr. Wks. 1814 XIX. 24 My common illness is of that kind which utterly disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. [Cf. ib. 143 (1737) A long fit of deafness hath unqualified me for conversing.] 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. vii. xci. 416 Nor do their colder regions disqualify them for friendship. 1837J. H. Newman Prophet. Off. Ch. 180 What force prepossessions have in disqualifying us from searching Scripture dispassionately for ourselves. 1880L. Stephen Pope iv. 109 Strong passions and keen sensibilities may easily disqualify a man for domestic tranquility.
b. spec. To deprive of legal capacity, power, or right; to incapacitate legally; to pronounce unqualified; = disable v. 2.
1732Swift Sacr. Test Wks. 1778 IV. 290 The church of England is the only body of Christians which in effect disqualifies those, who are employed to preach its doctrine, from sharing in the civil power, farther than as senators. 1741Middleton Cicero I. vi. 550 Disqualifying all future Consuls and Prætors, from holding any province, till five years after the expiration of their Magistracies. 1838Thirlwall Greece III. xxiv. 333 His youth did not disqualify him for taking part in the public counsels, as it did for military command. 1884Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/6 Persons having such joint ownership..ought not to be disqualified. 1887Bury & Hillier Cycling xi. 299 It shall be the duty of each competitor to see that he starts from his proper mark, and in default he may be disqualified for the race in question. 1897Encycl. Sport I. 139/2 He [sc. the referee at boxing] can disqualify a competitor in the event of a foul. 1898Ibid. II. 227/2 If a horse or his jockey jostle another horse or jockey, the aggressor is disqualified. 1908Times 25 July 8/5 Partisans..assisted him to the finish..and the judges had no alternative but to disqualify him. 1963Bloodgood & Santini Horseman's Dict. 63 An animal may be disqualified for a variety of reasons because either with, or without intent to defraud, it has been incorrectly described; because of carrying the wrong weight; of being doped, etc. 1971Times 1 Apr. 4/4 He also pleaded guilty to driving a bus while disqualified. 1971Times 29 Apr. 1/1 Mr. [Stirling] Moss..was disqualified for six months and fined {pstlg}35 by magistrates at Thame, Oxfordshire, for two offences.
c. refl. and intr. To represent or profess oneself to be disqualified; to deny or disparage one's own qualifications.
1754Richardson Grandison (1781) II. xxxi. 290 Disqualify now; can't you, my dear? Tell fibs..Say you are not a fine girl. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. II. xliii. 479 It is usual for the Speaker to disqualify himself for the office.
Hence disˈqualified ppl. a.
1718Freethinker No. 69 ⁋10 In favour of the disqualified Gentlemen. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 116 Unworthy and disqualified Persons. |