The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Habilitate \Ha*bil"i*tate\ (h[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[asl]t), a. [LL.
   habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.]
   Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Habilitate \Ha*bil"i*tate\ (h[.a]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]t), v. t.
   To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. --Johnson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, habilitate, fit out,
       apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip,
       strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]