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
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Etymology
Origin of habilitate
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Medieval Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre “to make fit”; see ability, -ate 1
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