Both Uses
enable
in
All the Pretty Horses
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- Of course the times enabled some of these men to style themselves revolutionaries.†
Chpt 4 *enabled = made possible
- It is the control group which enables the scientist to gauge the effect of his experiment.†
Chpt 4enables = makes possible
Definitions:
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(1)
(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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)