capacitate

An obsolete verb meaning to make capable or to enable; to qualify or empower someone for a particular task or role.

• 🇩🇪Veralteter Begriff, der bedeutet, jemanden zu etwas zu befähigen oder ihm die Möglichkeit zu geben; jemanden für eine bestimmte Aufgabe zu qualifizieren oder zu ermächtigen.

1. Make legally capable C2 formal legal

   To qualify or make someone legally competent or authorized to perform a specific act.

   • The court's ruling will capacitate him to act as executor of the estate.
   • New legislation was passed to capacitate citizens to vote by mail.
   • The document serves to capacitate the agent to sign contracts on behalf of the company.

   🇩🇪Rechtlich befähigen

   Synonyme: authorizeempowerenableentitlelicensequalifysanctionwarrant

   Antonyme: decertifydisabledisenabledisqualifyincapacitate

2. Sperm capacitation C2 formal medical

   To cause spermatozoa to undergo the physiological changes necessary to become capable of fertilizing an egg.

   • The laboratory conditions are designed to capacitate the sperm cells.
   • Researchers studied the proteins that capacitate sperm for fertilization.
   • The process to capacitate sperm takes several hours in the female reproductive tract.

   🇩🇪Kapazitieren

3. Make capable C2 formal

   To enable or empower someone or something to function or perform effectively.

   • The training program aims to capacitate employees with new skills.
   • Education should capacitate individuals to think critically.
   • Proper resources can capacitate a team to achieve ambitious goals.

   🇩🇪Befähigen

   Synonyme: authorizeempowerenableequipfacilitatequalify

   Antonyme: crippledebilitatedisableincapacitateparalyze

• capacitated past participle
• capacitated past simple
• capacitating present participle
• capacitates third person singular