All 5 Uses of
enable
in
The Chrysalids
- It is hind-sight that enables me to fix that as the day when my first small doubts started to germinate.†
Chpt 1 *enables = makes possible
- She did not find that a marriage service generated love; she did not enable her husband to recapture his youth through hers; nor could she compensate for that by running his home in the manner of an experienced housekeeper.†
Chpt 2enable = make possible
- It gave me a strange, muffled feeling to be cut off from the rest like that, and made me wonder at the strength of purpose which had enabled Anne to withdraw herself entirely for those months.†
Chpt 11enabled = made possible
- Admittedly it was less intense than it had been on former occasions, and experience did now enable us to put up more of a barrier against it; nevertheless, the effect was wearing.†
Chpt 12enable = make possible
- They were short, fat, burnt with smoky flames, and smelt abominably, but they enabled me to see the surroundings.†
Chpt 15enabled = made possible
Definition:
to make possible
in 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."