Associations to the word «Enable»

Wiktionary

ENABLE, verb. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
ENABLE, verb. 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.
ENABLE, verb. To allow a way out or excuse for an action.

Dictionary definition

ENABLE, verb. Render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats