enable
/ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ verb B1- To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
- To affirm; to make firm and strong.
- To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
- To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior. · His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.
- To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
He/she/it enables · Past enabled · Past participle enabled · -ing form enabling
Verb forms
- Base form
- enable
- He/she/it
- enables
- Past
- enabled
- Past participle
- enabled
- -ing form
- enabling
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But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up.
Except the knowledge of blazons, that enables me to decipher them, I am very ignorant of heraldry—I, a count of a fresh creation, fabricated in Tuscany by the aid of a commandery of St.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius, and MacDonald had talent enough for his profession to enable him to perceive that there was no humiliation in seeking the assistance of one who already stood alone in Europe, both in his gifts and in his experience.
A THIEF hired a room in a tavern and stayed a while in the hope of stealing something which should enable him to pay his reckoning.
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