recapacitate

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verb

To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.

“February 13 1703, Francis Atterbury, letter to Bishop Trelawny persons recapacitating themselves by taking the oaths”

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Meanings

verbrecapacitate (third-person singular simple present recapacitates, present participle recapacitating, simple past and past participle recapacitated)

present singular third person recapacitates · participle present recapacitating · participle past recapacitated · past recapacitated

  1. transitiveTo qualify again; to confer capacity on again.

    February 13 1703, Francis Atterbury, letter to Bishop Trelawny persons recapacitating themselves by taking the oaths

Origin

From re- + capacitate.

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APA

recapacitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recapacitate

MLA

“recapacitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recapacitate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recapacitate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recapacitate.

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