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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.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪˈneɪ.bəl/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɪˈnæɪ.bəl/Australia/əˈnæɪ.bəl/New-Zealand
  1. 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.

  2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.

  3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.

  4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.

  5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.

    His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.
  6. To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.

  7. 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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