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Enabling

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en⋅a⋅bling

  [en-ey-bling]
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–adjective Law.
conferring new legal powers or capacities, esp. by removing a disability; having the right to license or regulate: an enabling act; enabling power.
Origin:
1670–80; enable + -ing 2

en⋅a⋅ble

  [en-ey-buhl]
–verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.
1. to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize: This document will enable him to pass through the enemy lines unmolested.
2. to make possible or easy: Aeronautics enables us to overcome great distances.
3. to make ready; equip (often used in combination): Web-enabled cell phones.
Origin:
1375–1425; ME; see en- 1 , able

Related forms:
en⋅a⋅bler, noun

Synonyms:
1. empower, qualify, allow, permit.
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en·a·ble   (ě-nā'bəl)   
tr.v.   en·a·bled, en·a·bling, en·a·bles

    1. 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.

    2. 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·a'bler n.
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Word Origin & History

enable 
c.1460, from en- "make, put in" + able.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: en·abl·ing
Function: adjective
: giving legal power, capacity, or sanction <enabling legislation>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

enabling
software enabling

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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