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Dardaigh

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tr.v. en·a·bled, en·a·bling, en·a·bles

a. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity; make able: a hole in the fence that enabled us to watch; techniques that enable surgeons to open and repair the heart.

b. To make feasible or possible: funds that will enable construction of new schools.

2. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to: a law enabling the new federal agency.

3. To make operational; activate: enabled the computer's modem; enable a nuclear warhead.

en·abler n.

enable [?n?e?b^?l]

vb (tr)

1. to provide (someone) with adequate power, means, opportunity, or authority (to do something)

2. to make possible

3. (Electronics) to put (a digital electronic circuit element) into an operative condition by supplying a suitable input pulse

enablement n

enabler n

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Verb
1.
enable - render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

equip - provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"

endow, endue, gift, indue, invest, empower - give qualities or abilities to

disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

enable

verb

1. allow, permit, facilitate, empower, give someone the opportunity, give someone the means The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.
allow stop, prevent, hinder, obstruct, impede

2. authorize, allow, commission, permit, qualify, sanction, entitle, license, warrant, empower, give someone the right The authorities have refused visas to enable them to enter the country.
authorize stop, bar, ban, block, thwart

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enable

v enable [i?neibl]

to make able by giving means, power or authority (to do something) The money I inherited enabled me to go on a world cruise.

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Vinny

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To turn on the light in a darkened room, you 'enable' the light by flipping a switch thus 'turning on' the light. 'Disable' would be turning off the light