capacitate

 
Pronunciation: /kəˈpasɪteɪt/

verb

[with object] formal or archaic
  • make (someone) capable of a particular action or legally competent to act in a particular way.
  • (be capacitated) Physiology (of spermatozoa) undergo changes inside the female reproductive tract enabling them to penetrate and fertilize an ovum.

Derivatives

capacitation

noun