capacitate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /kəˈpæsɪteɪt/
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English capacitate From capacity + -ate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors.
1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
- (transitive) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
- (transitive) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| capacitating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| capacitated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| capacitated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| capacitates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
discapacitate · decapacitate · capacitation · incapacitate · recapacitate · capacitated