What does habilitate mean?

Definitions for habilitate
həˈbɪl ɪˌteɪtha·bil·i·tate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. habilitateverb

    qualify for teaching at a university in Europe

    "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university"

  2. dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparelverb

    provide with clothes or put clothes on

    "Parents must feed and dress their child"

Wiktionary

  1. habilitateverb

    European institutions of higher education: To qualify as an instructor or professor. Usually associated with defense of a dissertation or similar project.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To HABILITATEverb

    To qualify; to entitle.

    Etymology: habiliter, French.

    Divers persons in the house of commons were attainted, and thereby not legal, nor habilitate to serve in parliament, being disabled in the highest degree. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

Wikipedia

  1. habilitate

    Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a dissertation. The degree, abbreviated "Dr. habil." (Doctor habilitatus) or "PD" (for "Privatdozent"), is a qualification for professorship in those countries. The conferral is usually accompanied by a lecture to a colloquium as well as a public inaugural lecture.

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  1. habilitate

    To habilitate generally means to equip or qualify someone or something with the necessary skills or qualities for a specific purpose or task. It can also refer to the process of making something suitable or capable for a particular use or condition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Habilitateadjective

    qualified or entitled

  2. Habilitateverb

    to fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle

  3. Etymology: [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of habilitate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of habilitate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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