Capacitate v. t. (past & past part. capacitated; pres. part. capacitating) To render capable; to enable; to qualify. "By this instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors."
... which stops the forward propulsion. The animal is still "lashed," but nevertheless no light can force it to swim "blindly to its death" by scalding. It has the rudiments of "intelligence." But so it had before. For as soon as two reflex arcs capacitate it mechanically to swim toward light, it was no longer exactly like a pinwheel; it could respond specifically toward at least ... — Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park
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