Definition of "habilitate"

habilitate

adjective
comparative more habilitate, superlative most habilitate
1. (obsolete) Qualified or entitled.
  Quotations
  persons […] not legal, nor habilitate to serve in Parliament,
  1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret
verb
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.