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crippled

Variant of cripple

cripple definition

crip·ple (krip′əl)

noun

  1. a person or animal that is lame or otherwise disabled in a way that prevents normal motion of the limbs or body: somewhat offensive when used to refer to a person
  2. ☆ Dialectal thicketed, swampy or low, wet land

Etymology: ME cripel < OE crypel (akin to Ger krüppel) < base of creopan: see creep

transitive verb crippled -·pled, crippling -·pling

  1. to make cripple of; lame
  2. to make unable or unfit to act, function effectively, etc.; disable

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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