All 5 Uses of
enable
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- It is one of several indications which enabled me to fix the date.†
Chpt 2 *
- There is an opening between two trees which enables one from this point of view to look right down upon it, while from all the other windows it is only a distant glimpse which can be obtained.†
Chpt 9
- Her story got about, and several of the people here did something to enable her to earn an honest living.†
Chpt 10
- That Sir Henry should have been exposed to this is, I must confess, a reproach to my management of the case, but we had no means of foreseeing the terrible and paralyzing spectacle which the beast presented, nor could we predict the fog which enabled him to burst upon us at such short notice.†
Chpt 15
- A long journey may enable our friend to recover not only from his shattered nerves but also from his wounded feelings.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(enable) to make possiblein various senses, including:
- to give someone the ability, knowledge, or authority to do something -- as in "The study will enable an informed discussion."
- to activate a computer system for use -- as in "You can enable the feature in the Settings Page."
- to permit someone to repeat bad behavior, so they reinforce the bad pattern -- as in "I don't want to enable her drug addiction."