单词 | habilitate |
释义 | † habilitateadj. Obsolete. Endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > endowed with ability or power enabled1592 habilitate1622 empowered1646 potentiated1667 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 12 Not legall, nor habilitate to serue in Parliament. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). habilitatev. a. transitive. To endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, qualify. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] > enable or capacitate allow?c1450 enablea1500 habilitate1604 abilitatea1628 empower1648 capacitate1657 capacifya1677 sufficientize1693 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) vi. 322 The internall gifts of God..fortifie vs against vice, and habilitate exceedingly to vertue. 1678 A. Marvell Def. John Howe in Wks. (1875) IV. 187 A superadded influence, which may habilitate them for action. 1819 R. Southey Hist. Brazil III. xl. 527 Till a second order from the King should habilitate them so to do. b. To furnish with means, esp. for the working of a mine. [After Spanish habilitar.] ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit frameOE dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 to fit out1722 mount?1775 outfit1798 habilitate1824 arm1860 to fake out1871 heel1873 1824 Ann. Reg. 212* He then proposed, not to habilitate the mine in the usual way, but to lend money to the miner, that he himself might pay the workmen. 2. intransitive for reflexive. To qualify oneself for office; spec. to qualify as teacher in a German University. [After German habilitiren.] ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > take degree [verb (intransitive)] > qualify as teacher habilitate1881 1881 Contemp. Rev. June 925 He meant to habilitate as a privat-docent when he returned. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1612 In 1811 he habilitated at Heidelberg with the dissertation, ‘De fidei..idea’. 3. transitive. To clothe, dress, habit. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] wrya901 clothec950 shride971 aturnc1220 begoa1225 array1297 graith1297 agraithc1300 geara1325 cleadc1325 adightc1330 apparel1362 back1362 shape1362 attirea1375 parela1375 tirea1375 rayc1390 addressa1393 coverc1394 aguisea1400 scredea1400 shrouda1400 bedightc1400 buskc1400 harnessc1400 hatterc1400 revesta1449 able1449 dressa1450 reparel?c1450 adub?1473 endue?a1475 afaite1484 revestera1500 beclothe1509 trimc1516 riga1535 invest1540 vesture1555 suit1577 clad1579 investure1582 vest1582 deck1587 habit1594 to make ready1596 caparison1597 skin1601 shadow1608 garment1614 riga1625 raiment1656 garb1673 equip1695 to fit out1722 encase1725 tog1793 trick1821 to fig out1825 enclothe1832 toilet1842 to get up1858 habilitate1885 tailor1885 kit1919 1885 Longman's Mag. Dec. 197 Species variously habilitated in artistic patterns. 1888 R. Dowling Miracle Gold II. xxiii. 183 Devils..habilitated in flesh for evil purposes. Derivatives haˈbilitator n. [after Spanish habilitador] in western U.S. one who habilitates a mine, or furnishes capital for its working under contract with the proprietors. ΚΠ 1889 in Cent. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1622v.1604 |
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