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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HABIL'ITATE, v.t. To qualify. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: qualify for teaching at a university in Europe; "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university"
2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-tated; -tating) Etymology: Late Latin habilitatus, past participle of habilitare, from Latin habilitas ability — more at ability Date: 1604 transitive verb 1. to make fit or capable (as for functioning in society) 2. clothe, dress intransitive verb to qualify oneself • habilitation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. qualify for office (esp. as a teacher in a German university). Derivatives: habilitation n. Etymology: med.L habilitare (as ABILITY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Habilitate Ha*bil"i*tate, a. [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.] Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Habilitate Ha*bil"i*tate, v. t. To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. --Johnson.