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enable
enable S3 W1 AC /ɪˈneɪbəl/ verb [transitive]
 Word Family: noun: abilityinability, disability; adjective: ableunable, disabled; verb: enabledisable; adverb: ably
 Word Family: verb: enable; noun: enabler
to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen
    enable somebody/something to do something
    The loan enabled Jan to buy the house.
    There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.
—enabler noun [countable]