Enable

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able.
  • transitive verb. To make feasible or possible.
  • transitive verb. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to.
  • transitive verb. To make operational; activate.
  • transitive verb. To behave in a manner that facilitates or supports (another's abusive, addictive, or self-destructive behavior).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make able; furnish with adequate power, ability, means, or authority; render competent.
  • To put in an efficient state or condition; endow; equip; fit out.
  • Synonyms To empower, qualify, capacitate.
  • To give ability or competency.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
  • transitive verb. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
  • verb. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.
  • verb. To allow a way out or excuse for an action.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. render capable or able for some task
  • Word Usage
    "I understand your need for emphasis to sell, but using the word enable makes it seem like Joe hand-picked the boys for Sandusky."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    disable  
    cross-reference
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alter  change  modify  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    empower  endow  endue  equip  gift  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abel  Cable  Gable  Mabel  Mable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    OK  accredit  adapt  adjust  agree to  
    verb-form