English verb: capacitate | |||
| 1. | capacitate (communication) make legally capable or qualify in law | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | qualify | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 2. | capacitate (change) cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 3. | capacitate (change) make capable | ||
| Samples | This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dispose, qualify | ||