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View synonyms for habilitate

habilitate

[ huh-bil-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ha·bil·i·tat·ed, ha·bil·i·tat·ing.
  1. to clothe or dress.
  2. to make fit.

verb (used without object)

, ha·bil·i·tat·ed, ha·bil·i·tat·ing.
  1. to become fit.
  2. (in European and other educational systems) to qualify as professor or instructor after having earned one’s doctorate.

habilitate

/ həˈbɪlɪˌteɪt /

verb

  1. tr to equip and finance (a mine)
  2. intr to qualify for office
  3. archaic.
    tr to clothe
“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
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Derived Forms

  • haˈbiliˌtator, noun
  • haˌbiliˈtation, noun
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Other Words From

  • ha·bil·i·ta·tion [h, uh, -bil-i-, tey, -sh, uh, n] noun
  • ha·bil·i·ta·tive adjective
  • ha·bil·i·ta·tor noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of habilitate1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Medieval Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre “to make fit”; ability, -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of habilitate1

C17: from Medieval Latin habilitāre to make fit, from Latin habilitās aptness, readiness; see ability
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Example Sentences

A nation thus constituted could not habilitate slavery with all the hideous features it wore in Virginia and Massachusetts.

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