different between capacitate vs restrain

English

Etymology

From capacity +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??pæs?te?t/

Verb

capacitate (third-person singular simple present capacitates, present participle capacitating, simple past and past participle capacitated)

1. (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors.

2. (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.

Derived terms

• capacitated
• capacitation
• incapacitate

Italian

Verb

capacitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of capacitare
2. second-person plural imperative of capacitare
3. feminine plural of capacitato

Latin

Noun

cap?cit?te

1. ablative singular of cap?cit?s

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin capacitas through French capacité

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kapat?i?tate]

Noun

capacitate f (plural capacit??i)

1. capacity

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English restreinen, a borrowing from Old French restreindre, from Latin r?stringere, present active infinitive of r?string? (“fasten, tighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: re?strain

Verb

restrain (third-person singular simple present restrains, present participle restraining, simple past and past participle restrained)

1. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
2. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
3. (transitive) To restrict or limit.

   He was restrained by the straitjacket.

Synonyms

• (control or keep in check): check, limit, restrain, withstrain; See also Thesaurus:curb
• (deprive of liberty): confine, detain

Related terms

• constrain
• restraint
• restrict

Translations

Anagrams

• arrestin, retrains, strainer, terrains, trainers, transire