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enabling

[en-ey-bling]

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adjective Law.

conferring new legal powers or capacities, especially by removing a disability; having the right to license or regulate: an enabling act; enabling power.

Origin:
1670–80; enable + -ing²

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verb (used with object), en·a·bled, en·a·bling.

to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize: This document will enable him to pass through the enemy lines unmolested.

to make possible or easy: Aeronautics enables us to overcome great distances.

to make ready; equip (often used in combination): Web-enabled cell phones.

Origin:
1375–1425; Middle English; see en-¹, able

Related forms

en·a·bler, noun

pre·en·a·ble, verb (used with object), pre·en·a·bled, pre·en·a·bling.

Synonyms
1. empower, qualify, allow, permit.

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