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capacitate

[ kuh-pas-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ca·pac·i·tat·ed, ca·pac·i·tat·ing.
  1. to make capable; enable.


capacitate

/ kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt /

verb

  1. to make legally competent
  2. rare.
    to make capable


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Derived Forms

  • caˌpaciˈtation, noun

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Other Words From

  • ca·paci·tation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of capacitate1

First recorded in 1645–55; capacit(y) + -ate 1

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Example Sentences

The covenant of innocency is ceased cessante subditorum capacitate, as a covenant or promise.

Is it, that men have life in them first, to capacitate them to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man?

The physician's art again is no supernatural mystery; long and careful study of physical laws capacitate him for his task.

No doubt labor will capacitate us, but it is the blood that entitles us, to enjoy the rest.

To capacitate the tool to cut a groove close up to a shoulder, it should be forged to the shape shown in Fig. 965.

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