tr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -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.]
facilitative fa·cil'i·ta'tive (-tā'tĭv) adj.facilitator fa·cil'i·ta'tor n.
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