enable
1enable — UK US /ɪˈneɪbl/ verb [T] ► to make someone or something able to do something, or to make something possible: enable sb/sth to do sth »This software will enable us to track orders more efficiently. »Recent technology has enabled the development of …
2enable — enable, empower are comparable when meaning to make one able to do something. In ordinary usage enable implies provision of the means or opportunity, empower, the granting of the power or the delegation of the authority, to do something {an… …
3enable — I verb abet, aid, allow, approve, arm, assist, authorize, capacitate, confer, consent, emancipate, empower, endow, facilitate, facultatem facere, give ability, give authority, give means, give permission, give power, grant, help, homini rei,… …
4Enable — En*a ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enabled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enabling}.] 1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] Who hath enabled me. 1 Tim. i. 12. [1913 Webster] Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when… …
5enable — early 15c., to make fit; mid 15c., to make able to, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make, put in + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Enabled; enabling …
6enable — [v] allow, authorize accredit, approve, capacitate, commission, condition, empower, endow, facilitate, fit, give power, implement, invest, let, license, make possible, permit, prepare, provide the means*, qualify, ready, sanction, set up,… …
7enable — ► VERB 1) provide with the ability or means to do something. 2) make possible. DERIVATIVES enablement noun enabler noun …
8enable — [en ā′bəl, inā′bəl] vt. enabled, enabling 1. a) to make able; provide with means, opportunity, power, or authority [financial aid enabled Lou to attend college] b) to authorize, allow, or permit [legislation enabling free trade, software enabling …
9enable — 01. Using a computer has [enabled] me to do my work much more quickly and efficiently. 02. New discoveries in genetics may someday [enable] doctors to detect many inherited diseases before people actually develop them. 03. New employment programs …
10enable — [[t]ɪne͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ enables, enabling, enabled 1) VERB If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. [V n to inf] The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early. [V n to… …
