Definition of enable Enable

/ɛnejˈbʌl/ - [eneybul] - en•a•ble

We found 9 definitions of enable from 6 different sources.

What does enable mean?

WordNet

Verb enables, enabling, enabled
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"
		disenable, disable, incapacitate injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		equip provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"
		endue, indue, empower, endow, gift, invest give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

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enable (Verb)
To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
enable (Verb)
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.
enable (Verb)
To allow a way out or excuse for an action.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

enable (v. t.)
To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
enable (v. t.)
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

enable
To make something possible or allow for something.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

enable
en-ā′bl, v.t. to make able: to give power, strength, or authority to

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enable, verb, present, 1st person singular of enable (infinitive).
enable, verb (infinitive).

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