capacitate
[kuh-pas-i-teyt]
verb (used with object), ca·pac·i·tat·ed, ca·pac·i·tat·ing.
to make capable; enable.
RELATED WORDS
enable, score, certify, train, entitle, pass, ready, meet, vest, grant, legitimize, allow, permit, entrust, empower, facilitate, implement, authorize, fit, commission
Nearby words
- capablanca,
- capable,
- capacious,
- capaciously,
- capacitance,
- capacitation,
- capacitive,
- capacitive coupling,
- capacitive reactance,
- capacitor
Origin of capacitate
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Examples from the Web for capacitate
Is it, that men have life in them first, to capacitate them to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man?
Journal of a Residence at Bagdad|Anthony GrovesTo capacitate the tool to cut a groove close up to a shoulder, it should be forged to the shape shown in Fig. 965.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua RoseNo doubt labor will capacitate us, but it is the blood that entitles us, to enjoy the rest.
Notes on the Book of Leviticus|C. H. Mackintosh
capacitate
verb (tr)
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capacitate
1650s, from Latin capacitas (see capacity) + -ate (2). Related: Capacitation.
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