1. having the ability, skill, or legal qualification to do something
Usage: formal; often used in legal contexts

Examples

• The court determined that she was mentally capacitated to make her own decisions.
• Only capacitated individuals may sign legal contracts.
• The training program ensures workers are fully capacitated before operating machinery.
• He was deemed capacitated to manage his own financial affairs.
• The lawyer argued that his client was not capacitated at the time of signing.
• Medical professionals must assess whether patients are capacitated to give consent.