capacitate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CAPACITATE, verb transitive [See Capacity.] 1. To make capable; to enable; to furnish with natural power; as, to capacitate one for understanding a theorem. 2. To endue with moral qualifications; to qualify; to furnish with legal powers; as, to capacitate one for an office.
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