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Webster 1913 Edition


Capacitate

Ca-pac′i-tate

(kȧ-păs′ĭ-tāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Capacitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Capacitating
.]
To render capable; to enable; to qualify.
By this instruction we may be
capaciated
to observe those errors.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Capacitate

CAPACITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[See Capacity.]
1.
To make capable; to enable; to furnish with natural power; as, to capacitate one for understanding a theorem.
2.
To endue with moral qualifications; to qualify; to furnish with legal powers; as, to capacitate one for an office.

Definition 2024


capacitate

capacitate

English

Verb

capacitate (third-person singular simple present capacitates, present participle capacitating, simple past and past participle capacitated)

  1. (transitive) To make capable.
    By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors. Dryden.
  2. (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow to fertilize eggs.

Derived terms


Italian

Verb

capacitate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of capacitare
  2. second-person plural imperative of capacitare
  3. feminine plural of capacitato

Latin

Noun

capācitāte

  1. ablative singular of capācitās

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin capacitas through French capacité

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kapatʃiˈtate]

Noun

capacitate f (plural capacități)

  1. capacity

Declension