enable.
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
Meaning & usage
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
To affirm; to make firm and strong.
To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.
To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.