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Root of the Week: CAP (Thursday)

  • Charlotte O'Connell
  • Jan 16
  • 1 min read

THURSDAY Incapacitate (verb)

The verb incapacitate, which combines the root meaning of “able to” with the negating prefix “in,” means, of course, to render unable.  A tennis player may be incapacitated by a torn knee ligament.  A computer system can be incapacitated by a computer virus. A self-defense class will teach you how to incapacitate an assailant.

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