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Definition of Habilitate
1. Verb. Qualify for teaching at a university in Europe. "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university"
2. Verb. Provide with clothes or put clothes on. "Parents must feed and dress their child"
Specialized synonyms: Prim, Prim Out, Prim Up, Cover, Wrap Up, Jacket, Frock, Shirt, Habit, Vesture, Overclothe, Overdress, Underdress, Corset, Shoe, Coat, Costume, Dress Up, Robe, Vest, Gown
Related verbs: Dress, Get Dressed
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Apparel, Clothing, Dress, Dresser, Dressing, Garb, Garment, Raiment
Antonyms: Undress
Definition of Habilitate
1. a. Qualified or entitled.
2. v. t. To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.
Definition of Habilitate
1. Verb. ''European institutions of higher education:'' To qualify as an instructor or professor. Usually associated with defense of a dissertation or similar project. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Habilitate
1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Habilitate
Literary usage of Habilitate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"to habilitate, (¡moite) to qualify, to capacitate, to enable, to entitle.
HABILLAGE, «m. (with cooks) dressing, trussing. HABILLEMENT, SM. habiliment ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
".те attainted, and thereby not le- L'all, nor habilitate to serue in Parliament.
Bacon, Hist Hen. VII., p. 12. habilitation (hâ-bil-ità'shon), «. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To habilitate, (ha-bil'-e-tate) ». a. To qualify ; to entitle.
habilitate, (ha-bil'-e-tate) a. Qualified ; entitled. HABILITATION, (ha-bil-e-ta'-shun)
ni ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"with the trees over which they self, to habilitate one self. woods, supposed, by
the an- Habitante, sm inhabitant ; presided. idem, part, of Habitar. ..."
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