enable
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• verb
To give someone or something the authority, means, or ability to do something; to make possible.
"The scholarship will enable her to attend university without taking on student debt."
To make a device, system, or software feature operational or active.
"Please enable two-factor authentication in your account settings for added security."
To encourage or support someone's self-destructive or dysfunctional behavior, often by shielding them from the negative consequences of their actions (in psychology and behavioral health).
"By continually paying off his gambling debts, his family was unintentionally enabling his addiction."
• Rhymes for enable
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English in the early 15th century by combining the prefix 'en-' (meaning 'to make') with the adjective 'able', which derives from Old French 'able' and Latin 'habilis' ('easily handled' or 'apt').