enable
[verb]
Synonyms: allow, authorize, empower, entitle, license, permit, qualify, sanction, warrant

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Contrasted words: inhibit, preclude, prevent, disallow, enjoin, forbid, prohibit
Related Words: allow, let, permit, sanction, condition, fit, prepare, qualify, ready

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

en‧a‧ble S3 W1 AC /ɪˈneɪbəl/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: ability ≠ inability, disability; adjective: able ≠ unable, disabled; verb: enable ≠ disable; adverb: ably]
[Word Family: verb: enable; noun: enabler]
to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen
enable somebody/something to do something
The loan enabled Jan to buy the house.
There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.
—enabler noun [countable]

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