Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb capacitate

3 senses of capacitate

Sense 1
capacitate -- (make legally capable or qualify in law)
       => qualify -- (pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections")

Sense 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")

Sense 3
capacitate -- (make capable; "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem")
       => qualify, dispose -- (make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job")