Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To render fit or make qualified; enable.
- transitive verb Biology To cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes needed to penetrate and fertilize an egg.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make capable; enable.
- Specifically— To furnish with legal powers; qualify: as, to
capacitate one for an office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To render capable; to enable; to qualify.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make capable.
- verb transitive, zoology To alter sperm to allow to fertilize eggs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make legally capable or qualify in law
- verb cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- verb make capable
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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He said he should "capacitate" these units if there is to be any significant breakthrough in the fight against crime.
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ECS as good as a Episcopal Diocese of Long Island put over $200K in to renovating a space to capacitate AFC to offer protected as good as cool preserve during a site.
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If the ones who opted to capacitate SSH changed their default password, they were defence to attack.
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If the ones who opted to capacitate SSH changed their default password, they were defence to attack.
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Depending upon a turn we will be required to sense learners in an array of activities which will capacitate
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Depending upon a turn we will be required to sense learners in an array of activities which will capacitate
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Governments contingency have a correct infrastructure as good as aptitude to capacitate successful media preparation preparation initiatives.
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If the ones who opted to capacitate SSH changed their default password, they were defence to attack.
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If the ones who opted to capacitate SSH changed their default password, they were defence to attack.
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Governments contingency have a correct infrastructure as good as aptitude to capacitate successful media preparation preparation initiatives.
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