To make fit or capable; to qualify someone for a particular role or task. The university program is designed to habilitate students for careers in engineering.
To equip or furnish with necessary tools or resources. The organization aims to habilitate communities with the resources needed for sustainable development.
To assist a person, especially one with a disability, in developing abilities or skills that were not previously present. Early intervention services aim to habilitate infants with hearing loss so they can acquire language skills.
(intransitive) In some European university systems, to qualify formally to teach and conduct research independently by completing a habilitation. He habilitated at the University of Bonn before accepting a professorship in physics.