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ca·pac·i·tate
(kə-păs′ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. ca·pac·i·tat·ed, ca·pac·i·tat·ing, ca·pac·i·tates
1. To render fit or make qualified; enable.
2. Biology To cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes needed to penetrate and fertilize an egg.
[capacit(y) + -ate.]
ca·pac′i·ta′tion n.
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capacitate
(kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt)vb (tr)
1. (Law) to make legally competent
2. rare to make capable
caˌpaciˈtation n
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ca•pac•i•tate
(kəˈpæs ɪˌteɪt)v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
to make capable; enable.
[1645–55]
ca•pac`i•ta′tion, n.
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capacitate
Past participle: capacitated
Gerund: capacitating
| Imperative |
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| capacitate |
| capacitate |
| Present |
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| I capacitate |
| you capacitate |
| he/she/it capacitates |
| we capacitate |
| you capacitate |
| they capacitate |
| Preterite |
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| I capacitated |
| you capacitated |
| he/she/it capacitated |
| we capacitated |
| you capacitated |
| they capacitated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am capacitating |
| you are capacitating |
| he/she/it is capacitating |
| we are capacitating |
| you are capacitating |
| they are capacitating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have capacitated |
| you have capacitated |
| he/she/it has capacitated |
| we have capacitated |
| you have capacitated |
| they have capacitated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was capacitating |
| you were capacitating |
| he/she/it was capacitating |
| we were capacitating |
| you were capacitating |
| they were capacitating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had capacitated |
| you had capacitated |
| he/she/it had capacitated |
| we had capacitated |
| you had capacitated |
| they had capacitated |
| Future |
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| I will capacitate |
| you will capacitate |
| he/she/it will capacitate |
| we will capacitate |
| you will capacitate |
| they will capacitate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have capacitated |
| you will have capacitated |
| he/she/it will have capacitated |
| we will have capacitated |
| you will have capacitated |
| they will have capacitated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be capacitating |
| you will be capacitating |
| he/she/it will be capacitating |
| we will be capacitating |
| you will be capacitating |
| they will be capacitating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been capacitating |
| you have been capacitating |
| he/she/it has been capacitating |
| we have been capacitating |
| you have been capacitating |
| they have been capacitating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been capacitating |
| you will have been capacitating |
| he/she/it will have been capacitating |
| we will have been capacitating |
| you will have been capacitating |
| they will have been capacitating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been capacitating |
| you had been capacitating |
| he/she/it had been capacitating |
| we had been capacitating |
| you had been capacitating |
| they had been capacitating |
| Conditional |
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| I would capacitate |
| you would capacitate |
| he/she/it would capacitate |
| we would capacitate |
| you would capacitate |
| they would capacitate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have capacitated |
| you would have capacitated |
| he/she/it would have capacitated |
| we would have capacitated |
| you would have capacitated |
| they would have capacitated |
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Verb 1. capacitate - make legally capable or qualify in law
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
qualify - pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
2. capacitate - cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
3. capacitate - make capable; "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem"
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