capacify

English

Etymology

From Latin capax, capacis (“capacious”) + -fy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpæsɪfaɪ/

Verb

capacify (third-person singular simple present capacifies, present participle capacifying, simple past and past participle capacified)

1. (archaic) To qualify.
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Keep thy heart with all diligence”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     the benefice he is capacified and designed for

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “capacify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)