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enable - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'enable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Enable [ v. t.]
- To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
- To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.

Meaning of 'enable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . enable [ v]
Meaning (1):
- render capable or able for some task
Example in sentence:
  • The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain;
  • This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street