ENABLE


Meaning of ENABLE in English

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.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.