fa·cil·i·tate
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Audio Help [fuh-sil-i-teyt] Pronunciation Key –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). |
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tr.v. fa·cil·i·tat·ed, fa·cil·i·tat·ing, fa·cil·i·tates To make easy or easier: political agreements that facilitated troop withdrawals. [French faciliter, from Old French, from Italian facilitare, from facile, facile, from Latin facilis; see facile.] fa·cil'i·ta'tive (-tā'tĭv) adj., fa·cil'i·ta'tor n. |
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| facilitate | |
verb | |
| 1. | make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" |
| 2. | be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: help] |
| 3. | increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse" |
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Facilitate
Fa*cil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Facilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Facilitating.] [Cf. F. faciliter. See Facility.] To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task. To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for. --I. Taylor.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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