transitive verb.
To lead (a discussion), as by asking questions, mediating between opposing viewpoints, or ensuring that all participants' views are heard.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make easy; render less difficult; free wholly or partially from difficulty or impediment; lessen the labor of: as, to facilitate learning by suitable appliances.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of.