Enable

v. t.	1.	To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [imp. & p. p. Enabled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling .] Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. - Jer. Taylor.
	2.	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. Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. - Addison.

Verb

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

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