habilitate

Meanings

Adjective

  • Qualified or entitled.

Verb

  • 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.
  • To qualify oneself, through a demonstration of ability, to function in a certain capacity or to act within a certain role.
  • In European institutions of higher education, to qualify as an instructor or professor, usually by defending a dissertation or similar project.
  • To supply money to work a mine.

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Origin

  • Late Latin habilitatus, past participle of habilitare.

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