enable

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- +‎ able. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈnæɪ.bəl/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈnæɪ.bəl/ Rhymes: -eɪbəl === Verb === enable (third-person singular simple present enables, present participle enabling, simple past and past participle enabled) To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. Synonyms: empower, endow To affirm; to make firm and strong. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for. Synonyms: let, permit, authorize To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like. Synonym: allow April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior. (electronics) To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse. (chiefly electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device). Synonyms: activate, turn on Antonym: disable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “enable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “enable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “enable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === baleen