Associations to the word «Habilitate»

Wiktionary

HABILITATE, adjective. (obsolete) Qualified or entitled.
HABILITATE, verb. European institutions of higher education: To qualify as an instructor or professor. Usually associated with defense of a dissertation or similar project.

Dictionary definition

HABILITATE, verb. Qualify for teaching at a university in Europe; "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university".
HABILITATE, verb. Provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke