Cripple \Crip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crippled} (-p'ld); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Crippling} (-pl?ng).]
   1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or
      foot; to lame.
      
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            He had crippled the joints of the noble child. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.
      
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   2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for
      service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as,
      to be financially crippled.
      
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            More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the
            energy of the settlement in the Bay.  --Palfrey.
      
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            An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the
            body politic.                         --Macaulay.
      
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Crippled \Crip"pled\ (kr?p"p'ld), a.
   Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone."
   --Longfellow.
   
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