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possibilitate

possibilitate verb: to make possible.

Verb

possibilitate (third-person singular simple present possibilitates, present participle possibilitating, simple past and past participle possibilitated)

  1. (rare) To make possible.
    • […]but ſhew mercy on them, that they may be in poſſibility of repentance, pardon, and grace, which interceſſion anſwereth Chriſts dying, as it reſpecteth all, which was to poſſibilitate their Salvation.a. 1640, John Ball, A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace: […], London: […] G. Miller for Edward Brewster […], published 1645, page 260
    • It was ‘manifestly impossible,’ said the statement, ‘to provide a course of professional education for the ministers of religion of those congregations who do not belong to the established church.’ But that this object has been possibilitated, must be understood from a resolution recently...1829, “1. Principles of Elementary Teaching, chiefly in reference to the Parochial Schools of Scotland; in two Letters to T. F. Kennedy, Esq., M.P. By James Pillans, […].”, in The Quarterly Review...

Forms of possibilitate

third-person singular presentpossibilitates
present participlepossibilitating
past participlepossibilitated
pastpossibilitated

Origin of possibilitate

From Classical Latin possibilis + -itate. By surface analysis, possibility + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Medieval Latin possibilitō and Spanish posibilitar.

Questions about possibilitate

What does possibilitate mean?
Possibilitate means to make possible.
What part of speech is possibilitate?
Possibilitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of possibilitate?
The past tense of possibilitate is possibilitated.

Words near possibilitate in the dictionary

  1. possibilism
  2. possibilisms
  3. possibilist
  4. possibilistic
  5. possibilists
  6. possibilitate
  7. possibilitated
  8. possibilitates
  9. possibilitating
  10. possibilities
  11. possibilities of reverter

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