Word Study
habilitate
CIDE DICTIONARY
habilitate, a. [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.].
Qualified or entitled. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
habilitate, v. t.
To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
habilitate, v.intr. qualify for office (esp. as a teacher in a German university).
Derivative
habilitation n.
Etymology
med.L habilitare (as ABILITY)
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