habilitate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}, {habilitate}, {fit out},
       {apparel}] [ant: {discase}, {disrobe}, {peel}, {strip},
       {strip down}, {uncase}, {unclothe}, {undress}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Habilitate \Ha*bil"i*tate\ (h[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[asl]t), a. [LL.
   habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.]
   Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Habilitate \Ha*bil"i*tate\ (h[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]t), v. t.
   To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. --Johnson.
   [1913 Webster]

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