Disable, 1) to impair: “strength by limping sway --d,” Sonn. 66, 8. “how much I have --d mine estate,” Merch. I, 1, 123.
2) to disparage, to undervalue: “to be afeard of my deserving were but a weak --ing of myself,” Merch. II, 7, 30. “d. all the benefits of your own country,” As IV, 1, 34. “he --d my judgment,” V, 4, 80. “d. not thyself,” H6A V, 3, 67.*
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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