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habilitate

ha·bi·li·tate

uncommon dated obsolete us

verb

1.

qualify for teaching at a university in Europe

  • “He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university”
2.

provide with clothes or put clothes on

  • “Parents must feed and dress their child”
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Borrowed from Late Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre (“to enable”).

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