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Definition of: habilitate
(hə·bil′ə·tāt) v.t. ·tat·ed, ·tat·ing
1. U.S. In the West, to furnish with suitable means of equipment, to work (a mine).
2. Rare To dress: clothe. [<Med. L habilitatus, pp. of habilitare enable <habilis fit]
—ha·bil′·i·ta′tion noun
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