capacitate

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/kəˈpæsɪteɪt/

verb

To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.

OriginEnglish capacity ← Middle English capacite ← Old French capacite →
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Meanings

verbcapacitate (third-person singular simple present capacitates, present participle capacitating, simple past and past participle capacitated)

present singular third person capacitates · participle present capacitating · participle past capacitated · past capacitated

  1. transitiveTo make capable of functioning in a given capacity.

    By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors.

    1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC
  2. transitivebiologyTo alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
  3. transitivemathematicsTo reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
habilitate

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  4. Latincapiō
  5. Latincapāx
  6. Latincapācitās
  7. Old Frenchcapacite
  8. Middle Englishcapacite
  9. Englishcapacity
  10. Englishcapacitate

From capacity + -ate.

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APA

capacitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capacitate

MLA

“capacitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capacitate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capacitate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capacitate.

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