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habilitate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre (“to enable”).
Meanings
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(obsolete) Qualified or entitled.
persons[…]not legal, nor habilitate to serve in Parliament,
1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
Forms
habilitate en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre (“to enable”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given function or of conducting something; to make one fit to fulfill a given purpose or competent to act within a particular role.
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(intransitive) To qualify oneself, through a demonstration of ability, to function in a certain capacity or to act within a certain role.
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In European institutions of higher education, to qualify as an instructor or professor, usually by defending a dissertation or similar project.
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(US) To supply money to work a mine.
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(dated, figuratively, often) To clothe.
Fred. Wickersham, and those who attended him on this sad pilgrimage, had the deceased each habilitated in appropriate apparel, and arrangements made for their conveyance to Healdsburg.
1889, An Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California:Exteriors habilitated in the glowing colors of fresh and soft-hued paint.
1874, Charles Philip Johnson, The Social Evil:
Forms
Deriveds
habilitator · habilitation · unhabilitated · prehabilitated · habilitative
Relateds
enable · qualify
Synonyms
capacitate
Translations (4)
bg хабилитирам се (to qualify as an instructor or professor) · bg квалифицирам (To enable one to function in a given manner) · bg квалифицирам се (To qualify oneself) · ro abilita (To enable one to function in a given manner)