单词 | capacitate |
释义 | capacitatev. 1. a. transitive. To endow with capacity for or to do (something); to render capable; to qualify, fit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] > enable or capacitate allow?c1450 enablea1500 habilitate1604 abilitatea1628 empower1648 capacitate1657 capacifya1677 sufficientize1693 1657 O. Cromwell Speech 8 Apr. (Carlyle) You can capacitate me to receive satisfaction in them. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) ii. 10 It capacitates all sorts of Land..for some of the Improvements mentioned. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 19 He will please to capacitate and prepare himself by these Directions. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence iv. 175 This Temper that naturally qualifies and capacitates us for Happiness. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. iii. 32 Long and careful study..capacitates him for his task. b. Physiology. To cause (a spermatozoon) to undergo capacitation (see capacitation n.). ΚΠ 1957 Nature 2 Feb. 258/2 ‘Capacitated’ sperm were obtained from rabbits that had either been mated normally or inseminated with epididymal sperm. 1957 Nature 2 Feb. 259/2 Epididymal sperm has to be capacitated. 1969 Nature 6 Sept. 1042/1 The Fallopian tube fluid is still effective in capacitating sperm even when heavily diluted with a simple chemical medium. 2. To make legally capable; to qualify in law. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal capacity > invest with legal status or capacity [verb (transitive)] able1409 enable1491 capacitate1657 qualify1667 1657 O. Cromwell Speech 21 Apr. (Carlyle) It seems to capacitate all those who revolted from the parliament [to elect or be elected]. 1686 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 273, 2nd March Came out a proclamation..capacitating Papists to be chosen into all offices of trust. c1792 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) V. 190 To admit all the other sectaries to be capacitated equally with the members of the church of England. Derivatives caˈpacitated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > for, of, or to do something avenantc1400 habile1558 well1611 capacitated1669 capacious1677 susceptible1829 facultied1862 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 270 Being conveighed into a proper capacitated Matrix. caˈpacitating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > rendering capable enablinga1586 enablement1605 habilitation1625 abilitation1647 capacitatinga1652 potentiation1818 capacitation1839 potentiating1963 a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ix. ii. 388 The capacitating of Man for converse with God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < v.a1652 |
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