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habilitate.

Qualified or entitled.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Qualified or entitled.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

verb
  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. To qualify oneself, through a demonstration of ability, to function in a certain capacity or to act within a certain role.

    intransitive
  3. In European institutions of higher education, to qualify as an instructor or professor, usually by defending a dissertation or similar project.

  4. To supply money to work a mine.

    US
  5. To clothe.

    dated · figuratively · often
Where this word comes from

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

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