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capacitate

/kəˈpæsɪteɪt/

capacitate verb: to make capable of functioning in a given capacity.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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. (transitive) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
  3. (transitive) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.

Forms of capacitate

third-person singular presentcapacitates
present participlecapacitating
past participlecapacitated
pastcapacitated

Origin of capacitate

From capacity + -ate.

Words formed from capacitate

Questions about capacitate

What does capacitate mean?
Capacitate means to make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
What part of speech is capacitate?
Capacitate is a verb.
How do you pronounce capacitate?
Capacitate is pronounced /kəˈpæsɪteɪt/.
What is the past tense of capacitate?
The past tense of capacitate is capacitated.

Words near capacitate in the dictionary

  1. capaciousness
  2. capaciousnesses
  3. capacitance
  4. capacitances
  5. capacitary
  6. capacitate
  7. capacitated
  8. capacitates
  9. capacitating
  10. capacitation
  11. capacitations

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