capacitate

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English

Etymology

From capacity +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

Verb

capacitate (third-person singular simple present capacitates, present participle capacitating, simple past and past participle capacitated)

  1. (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
    • 1695, C A du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, , London: J Heptinstall for W. Rogers, , →OCLC:
      By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors.
  2. (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
  3. (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

capacitate

  1. inflection of capacitare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

capacitate f pl

  1. feminine plural of capacitato

Latin

Noun

capācitāte

  1. ablative singular of capācitās

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capacité, from Latin capacitas.

Pronunciation

Noun

capacitate f (plural capacități)

  1. capacity

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative capacitate capacitatea capacități capacitățile
genitive-dative capacități capacității capacități capacităților
vocative capacitate, capacitateo capacităților

Spanish

Verb

capacitate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of capacitar combined with te