单词 | abilitate |
释义 | abilitatev. Now rare. transitive. To enable; to endow with ability or capacity; to make fit; = habilitate v. 1. Cf. able v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] > enable or capacitate allow?c1450 enablea1500 habilitate1604 abilitatea1628 empower1648 capacitate1657 capacifya1677 sufficientize1693 a1628 J. Preston New Creature in Saints Qualification (1633) v. 111 The assiduity of holy duties, wearieth out any man that hath another nature; but let the Nature be altered, and he holds out, they be so farre from wearying him, that they abilitate him. 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 502 Necessity hath no Law, you must abilitate the State to do what you do by Petition require. 1703 J. Field Humble Applic. to Queen 12 Had he [sc. God] given Man a Law and Command, and not afforded him that which was sufficient to Abilitate him to keep and observe the same, Man might have some Excuse. 1784 E. Allen Reason vi. §2. 230 We must suppose, that he [sc. God] has made use of a regular and natural constituted and mediate cause..rightly fitted and abilitated to make use of the vocal power of language. 1838 G. P. Badger Descr. Malta & Gozo 245 This officer is abilitated to act as magistrate, and may decide any civil cause. 1857 Friends' Intelligencer 21 Nov. 573/1 The Lord never requires anything of us that he will not abilitate us to perform. 2002 City News Service (Nexis) 3 July This system of incarceration will never work..will never abilitate people—not only not rehabilitate them, it will not help abilitate them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1628 |
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