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To turn on; activate. See disabled for details.

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verb

1. To give the means, ability, or opportunity to do: empower, permit. See allow/prevent.
2. To give authority to: accredit, authorize, commission, empower, entitle, license, qualify. See allow/prevent.

v

Definition: allow, authorize
Antonyms: block, disallow, halt, hinder, inhibit, oppose, prevent, stop

IN BRIEF: To give the means or power to.

When it comes to the future, our task is not to foresee it, but rather to enable it to happen. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944).

Tutor's tip: The weather will "enable" (to make possible) the football game to start, but the home team is "unable" (not able, lacking the ability) to win without their star player.

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a protein of Drosophila that suppresses the gene for D-Abl (i.e. Abelson protein tyrosine kinase).

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• Drunkenness, Drunkards, and Alcoholism - enabler: one who permits and encourages an alcoholic to drink

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See words rhyming with "enable."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Enable.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sætte i stand til, gøre det muligt for, starte op, tænde

Nederlands (Dutch)
in staat stellen, de gelegenheid bieden, in werking stellen, mogelijk maken, bemachtigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - permettre à qn de faire, donner à qn la possibilité de faire, mettre (qn) à même/en état de faire, (Jur) habiliter qn à faire, donner pouvoir à qn de faire

Deutsch (German)
v. - ermöglichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καθιστώ ικανό, επιτρέπω, δίνω τη δυνατότητα, διευκολύνω, κάνω δυνατό ή πραγματοποιήσιμο, καθιστώ εφικτό, κηρύσσω αρμόδιο

Italiano (Italian)
permettere, rendere possibile

Português (Portuguese)
v. - habilitar, possibilitar, facilitar

Русский (Russian)
сделать возможным

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - permitir, facultar, habilitar, facilitar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra det möjligt för någon

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使能够, 授予权利或方法

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使能夠, 授予權利或方法

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 할 수 있게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 手段を与える, 実際的にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمكن, يخول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮איפשר, התיר, הסמיך, הדליק (מחשב)‬

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