v.tr.
1. (foll. by to + infin.) give (a person etc.) the means or authority to do something.
2 make possible.
3 esp. Computing make (a device) operational; switch on.
Phrases and idioms:
enabling act
1. a statute empowering a person or body to take certain action.
2 US a statute legalizing something otherwise unlawful.
Derivatives:
enabler n.