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Habilitate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Qualified or entitled. obsolete

    "persons[…]not legal, nor habilitate to serve in Parliament,"

Verb
  1. 1
    To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given function or of conducting something; to make one fit to fulfill a given purpose or competent to act within a particular role. transitive
  2. 2
    provide with clothes or put clothes on wordnet
  3. 3
    To qualify oneself, through a demonstration of ability, to function in a certain capacity or to act within a certain role. intransitive
  4. 4
    qualify for teaching at a university in Europe wordnet
  5. 5
    In European institutions of higher education, to qualify as an instructor or professor, usually by defending a dissertation or similar project.
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  1. 6
    To supply money to work a mine. US

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre (“to enable”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre (“to enable”).

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