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fa⋅cil⋅i⋅tate

  [fuh-sil-i-teyt]
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–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) + -ate 1

Related forms:
fa⋅cil⋅i⋅ta⋅tive, adjective
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fa·cil·i·tate   (fə-sĭl'ĭ-tāt')   
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

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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Language Translation for : facilitate
Spanish: facilidad,
German: die Leichtigkeit,
Japanese: 容易さ
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Main Entry: fa·cil·i·tate
Pronunciation: f&-'si-l&-"tAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed; -tat·ing
: to make easier : help bring about facilitate commission of the offense> —fa·cil·i·ta·tion /f&-"si-l&-'tA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: fa·cil·i·tate
Pronunciation: f&-'sil-&-"tAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed;-tat·ing
: to increase the likelihood, strength, or effectiveness of (as behavior or a response) facilitated or inhibited>; also : to lower the threshold for transmission of (an impulse)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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