Definition: habilitate

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

habilitate
     v 1: qualify for teaching at a university in Europe; "He
          habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious
          American university"
     2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
        and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
         garb, raiment, tog, garment, fit out, apparel]
        [ant: undress]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Habilitate \Ha*bil"i*tate\, a. [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of
   habilitare to enable.]
   Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Habilitate \Ha*bil"i*tate\, v. t.
   To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. --Johnson.