Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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habilitate

adjective, verb

Forms habilitates habilitating habilitated

  1. adjective (obsolete) Qualified or entitled.
  2. verb (transitive) To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given function or of conducting something; to make one fit to fulfill a given purpose or competent to act within a particular role.
  3. verb (intransitive) To qualify oneself, through a demonstration of ability, to function in a certain capacity or to act within a certain role.
  4. verb In European institutions of higher education, to qualify as an instructor or professor, usually by defending a dissertation or similar project.
  5. verb (US) To supply money to work a mine.
  6. verb (dated, often figurative) To clothe.

Synonyms

capacitate dress clothe enclothe garb raiment tog garment fit out apparel

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin habilitātus, past participle of habilitāre (“to enable”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] Bacon.
  2. verb To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle. Johnson.

Etymology [LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “habilitate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details