Main Entry:

³cripple

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

crip·pled; crip·pling \-p(ə-)liŋ\

Date:

14th century

1 : to deprive of the use of a limb and especially a leg <the accident left him crippled> 2 : to deprive of capability for service or of strength, efficiency, or wholeness <an economy crippled by inflation>

synonyms see maim, weaken

— crip·pler \-p(ə-)lər\ noun

— crip·pling·ly \-p(ə-)liŋ-lē\ adverb