enable
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.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
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.
To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
“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”
Etymology
From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.
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ENABLE at a glance
ENABLE has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (E 1 + N 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,216 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with enable
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
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