All 4 Uses of "enable" in "The Impossible Knife of Memory"

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enable
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
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Your mom's enabling your sister and screwing you over.†
p. 263.8 *

enabling = making possible
You're enabling your mom the way that she enables your sister.†
p. 264.1
You're enabling your mom the way that she enables your sister.†
p. 264.2

enables = makes possible
Your family calls it enabling, we call it taking care of each other.†
p. 264.2

enabling = making possible

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(1) (enable)
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."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)