Enable

Verb

 * 1)  To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
 * , King James Bible, "1 Tim. i. 12"
 * Who hath enabled me.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) * 1711, October 13, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 195
 * Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
 * 1) To allow a way out or excuse for an action.
 * ''His parents enabled him to continue buying drugs.

Derived terms

 * enabler
 * enablement
 * re-enable
 * reenable

Thesaurus
OK, accredit, adapt, adjust, agree to, aid, allow, approve, arm, assent to, assign, assist, attune, authorize, capacitate, certificate, certify, charter, clothe, clothe with power, commission, condition, delegate, depute, deputize, empower, endow, endue, enfranchise, entitle, entrust, equip, expedite, facilitate, fit, franchise, furnish, give official sanction, give power, go along with, help, invest, legalize, legitimize, let, license, make possible, okay, patent, permit, prepare, privilege, put in trim, put in tune, qualify, ratify, ready, sanction, suit, tune, validate, warrant

Translations

 * Swedish: ge någon kraft


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, in staat stellen
 * Esperanto:


 * Finnish: mahdollistaa, tehdä kykeneväksi
 * French: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: möjliggöra


 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: in staat stellen
 * French:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: möjliggöra, ursäkta


 * : καθιστώ ικανό

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