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- Moving to that log home enabled my father to recapture his youth, which in turn shaped the lives of my brothers and me.†
p. 28.1 *enabled = made possible
- Doing things the way they were done while he was growing up enabled Pa to make our farm self-sufficient in many ways—we were still living as people did in the 1800s, although it was a hundred years later.†
p. 28.8
- Granny complained that he always seemed to get laid off during duck season, enabling him to hunt more.†
p. 29.9enabling = making 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)