habilitate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to clothe or dress.
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to make fit.
verb (used without object)
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to become fit.
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(in European and other educational systems) to qualify as professor or instructor after having earned one’s doctorate.
verb
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(tr) to equip and finance (a mine)
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(intr) to qualify for office
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archaic (tr) to clothe
Other Word Forms
- habilitation noun
- habilitative adjective
- habilitator noun
Etymology
Origin of habilitate
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Medieval Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre “to make fit”; ability, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The apparatus eerily suggests scuba gear, gas masks, or an astronaut's breathing equipment�items necessary, in Trova's view, to habilitate man for "an alien atmosphere."
From Time Magazine Archive
Several attempts had been made to habilitate Oscar Wilde's drama on the New York stage, and had failed.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
Before the regular subscription season, 1900-01, the Metropolitan Opera House was the scene of an ambitious effort to habilitate opera in English, which was made by Henry W. Savage in co-operation with Maurice Grau.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
But sorrow and disaster have followed upon innumerable efforts to habilitate it in the opera houses of the world.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
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