HABILITATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does habilitate mean?
• HABILITATE (verb)
The verb HABILITATE has 2 senses:
1. qualify for teaching at a university in Europe
2. provide with clothes or put clothes on
Familiarity information: HABILITATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HABILITATE (verb)
Meaning:
Qualify for teaching at a university in Europe
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university
Hypernyms (to "habilitate" is one way to...):
dispose; qualify (make fit or prepared)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Provide with clothes or put clothes on
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
apparel; tog; raiment; garment; garb; enclothe; clothe; fit out; habilitate; dress
Context example:
Parents must feed and dress their child
Hypernyms (to "habilitate" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "habilitate"):
prim; prim out; prim up (dress primly)
robe; vest (clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes)
costume; dress up (dress in a costume)
coat (cover or provide with a coat)
shoe (furnish with shoes)
corset (dress with a corset)
overclothe; overdress (dress excessively)
vesture (provide or cover with a cloak)
habit (put a habit on)
shirt (put a shirt on)
frock (put a frock on)
jacket (put a jacket on)
cover; wrap up (clothe, as if for protection from the elements)
gown (dress in a gown)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
