handicapping

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handicapping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Handicap \Hand"i*cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handicapped
     (-k[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Handicapping.]
     To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in
     general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was
     heavily handicapped.
     [1913 Webster]