enables

enable (ɪnˈeɪb^əl)

—vb
1.	to provide (someone) with adequate power, means, opportunity, or authority (to do something)
2.	to make possible
3.	to put (a digital electronic circuit element) into an operative condition by supplying a suitable input pulse

en'ablement

—n

en'abler

—n

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enable

mid-15c., from en- "make, put in" + able. Related: Enabled; enabling.

Example sentences

Inserted into the colon, it enables doctors to examine the walls of the lower

part of the intestine visually.

However, it is the line's physical and digital infrastructure that enables the

trains to beat world speed records.

Planting stick, the earliest version of no-till, enables the planting of seeds

without cultivation.

Pre-programmed feedback from automated courses enables people to become

consumers but not citizens who can think for themselves.

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