Dictionary:

habilitate

  (hə-bĭl'ĭ-tāt')

1. To clothe.
2. To fit out or equip (a mine) for operation.
3. Obsolete. To impart an ability or capacity to.

To qualify oneself for a post or office.

[Medieval Latin habilitāre, habilitāt-, to enable, from Latin habilis, able. See habile.]

The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: qualify for teaching at a university in Europe

Meaning #2: provide with clothes or put clothes on
  Synonyms: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, fit out, apparel