habilitating

Verb

habilitate (third-person singular simple present habilitates, present participle habilitating, simple past and past participle habilitated)

1. (transitive) To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given function or of conducting something; to make one fit to fulfill a given purpose or competent to act within a particular role.
2. (intransitive) To qualify oneself, through a demonstration of ability, to function in a certain capacity or to act within a certain role.
3. In European institutions of higher education, to qualify as an instructor or professor, usually by defending a dissertation or similar project.
4. (US) To supply money to work a mine.
5. (dated, figuratively, often) To clothe.
   • Exteriors habilitated in the glowing colors of fresh and soft-hued paint.1874, Charles Philip Johnson, The Social Evil

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