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1723 [implied in: J. Arbuthnot Let. Nov. 17 in J. Swift Let. (1766) II. 253 Lord Whitworth, our plenipotentiary, had this disease, (which..is a little disqualifying for that employment). (at disqualifying adj.)].

1733 J. Swift On Poetry 5 Disqualified by Fate To rise in Church, or Law, or State.

1736 J. Swift Let. to Pope 22 Apr. in Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 224 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.]

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxii. 192 Nor do their colder regions disqualify them for friendship.

1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church 180 What force prepossessions have in disqualifying us from searching Scripture dispassionately for ourselves.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 109 Strong passions and keen sensibilities may easily disqualify a man for domestic tranquility.

1732 J. Swift Advantages repealing Sacramental Test 14 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, further than as Senators.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 550 Disqualifying all future Consuls and Prætors, from holding any province, till five years after the expiration of their Magistracies.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xxiv. 333 His youth did not disqualify him for taking part in the public counsels, as it did for military command.

1884 W. E. Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/6 Persons having such joint ownership..ought not to be disqualified.

1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 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.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 139/2 He [sc. the referee at boxing] can disqualify a competitor in the event of a foul.

1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 227/2 If a horse or his jockey jostle another horse or jockey, the aggressor is disqualified.

1908 Times 25 July 8/5 Partisans..assisted him to the finish..and the judges had no alternative but to disqualify him.

1963 L. F. Bloodgood & P. 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.

1971 Times 1 Apr. 4/4 He also pleaded guilty to driving a bus while disqualified.

1971 Times 29 Apr. 1/1 Mr. [Stirling] Moss..was disqualified for six months and fined £35 by magistrates at Thame, Oxfordshire, for two offences.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxxi. 289 Disqualify now; can't you, my dear? Tell fibs... Say you are not a fine girl.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xliii. 479 It is usual for the Speaker to disqualify himself for the office.