1. Make capable
   "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem"
    
2. (law) make legally capable or qualify in law
   "The new legislation capacitated minors to make certain medical decisions"
    
3. Cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
   "The hormones capacitated the sperm cells"

Derived forms: capacitated, capacitates, capacitating

Type of: change, dispose, qualify