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enable

en.able \in-'a--b*l\ \-b(*-)lin\ vt or en.abling 1a: to make able {~ a 
   person to earn a living}  1b: to make possible, practical, or easy  2: to 
   give legal power, capacity, or sanction toMENABLE implies provision of the 
   means or opportunity for doing; EMPOWER implies the granting of power or 
   delegation of authority to do SYN syn ENABLE, EMPOWER mean to make one able 
   to do something. (