habilitate

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    qualify for teaching at a university in Europe
    provide with clothes or put clothes on

Word Origin

habilitate (v.)
c. 1600 (transitive) "to qualify," from Medieval Latin habilitatus, past participle of habilitare, from habile "fit, suitable" (see able). Intransitive meaning "obtain necessary qualifications" is from 1881. Related: Habilitated; habilitation.

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