All 19 Uses of
enable
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Verne trnsl by G&F - 44 chptrs
- The lantern is in front, and enables the benighted wanderer to see in the most profound obscurity.†
Chpt 8 *
- The abrupt character of the slopes momentarily increased, but these remarkable stone steps, a little less difficult than those of the Egyptian pyramids, were the one simple natural means by which we were enabled to proceed.†
Chpt 12
- A quarter of an hour later Hans paused to enable us to look back.†
Chpt 12
- A rope fastened above, near the surface, would certainly support our weight and enable us to reach the bottom, but how, when we had arrived at its utmost depth, were we to loosen it above?†
Chpt 14
- This ingenious application of electricity to practical purposes enabled us to move along by the light of an artificial day, amid even the flow of the most inflammable and combustible gases.†
Chpt 15
- May heaven give us strength to enable us once more to revisit the light of day.†
Chpt 18
- At the end of what appeared an age, Hans had made a hole which enabled his crowbar to enter two feet into the solid rock.†
Chpt 20
- This beneficent spring after having saved us from thirst during so many days would now enable me to regain the right road.†
Chpt 23
- Who could enable me to find my road—and regain my companions?†
Chpt 24
- This renewal of my youthful faith brought about a much greater amount of calm, and I was enabled to concentrate all my strength and intelligence on the terrible realities of my unprecedented situation.†
Chpt 24
- Hans, our worthy guide, thoroughly understood how to cook such eatables as we were able to provide; he had both fire and water at discretion, so that he was enabled slightly to vary the weary monotony of our ordinary repast.†
Chpt 28
- Hans had, with considerable ingenuity, contrived a rudder, which enabled him to guide the floating apparatus with ease.†
Chpt 29
- At the end of an hour, my uncle, who had been taking careful observations, was enabled to judge of the rapidity with which we moved.†
Chpt 29
- This unexpected capture enabled us to renew our stock of provisions in a very satisfactory way.†
Chpt 29
- Have we anything like enough left to enable us to accomplish such great, such amazing, designs as you contemplate carrying out?†
Chpt 33
- New remains, dug up from the Pliocene or Tertiary deposits, had enabled the more far-seeing or audacious among learned men to assign even a far greater degree of antiquity to the human race.†
Chpt 35
- The extreme diffuseness of the light enabled me to see the smallest objects in the distant copses.†
Chpt 36
- I was provided with a lantern which was to enable me to set fire to the wick of the infernal machine.†
Chpt 39
- We were enabled to form an approximate idea of the truth.†
Chpt 40
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."