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Facilitates

[fuh-sil-i-teyt]

Origin

verb (used with object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.

1.

to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.

2.

to assist the progress of (a person).

Origin:
1605–15; facilit(y) + -ate¹

Related forms

fa·cil·i·ta·tive, adjective

un·fa·cil·i·tat·ed, adjective

Can be confused: facile, facilitate, facility, felicitate.

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facilitate

1610s, from Fr. faciliter "to render easy," from L. facilis "easy" (see facile). Related: Facilitated; facilitates; facilitating

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