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ENABLE

\ɛnˈe͡ɪbə͡l], \ɛnˈe‍ɪbə‍l], \ɛ_n_ˈeɪ_b_əl]\

Definitions of ENABLE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To make capable; furnish with adequate or sufficient means or power; empower.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To make able: to give power, strength, or authority to.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To make able.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To make able; to supply with power; to furnish with sufficient means or ability; to authorise.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

To make able, to confer power.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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