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单词 capacitate
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capacitatev.

/kəˈpasɪteɪt/
Etymology: < capacity n. + -ate suffix3; see -ate suffix3 7.
1.
a. transitive. To endow with capacity for or to do (something); to render capable; to qualify, fit.
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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.
absolute.1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances v. iv. sig. I3 A Fund which might capacitate me to make you Presents of my own.
b. Physiology. To cause (a spermatozoon) to undergo capacitation (see capacitation n.).
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1957 Nature 2 Feb. 258/2Capacitated’ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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