[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

habilitate \habil"itate\ h.abi^l"i^taslt, a. ll.
   habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.
   qualified or entitled. obs. --bacon.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

habilitate \habil"itate\ h.abi^l"i^t=at, v. t.
   to fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. --johnson.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

habilitate
     v 1: qualify for teaching at a university in europe; "he
          habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious
          american university"
     2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "parents must feed
        and dress their child" syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
         garb, raiment, tog, garment, fit out, apparel
        ant: undress
see also:
dress clothe enclothe garb raiment tog 
garment fit out apparel undress 

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