Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

capacitate

American  
[kuh-pas-i-teyt] / kəˈpæs ɪˌteɪt /

verb (used with object)

capacitated, capacitating

  1. to make capable; enable.

capacitate British  
/ kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt /

verb

  1. to make legally competent

  2. rare to make capable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of capacitate

First recorded in 1645–55; capacit(y) + -ate 1

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.