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enable
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The Circle
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- He just loves enabling the curiosity of great young minds.†
p. 19.3 *enabling = making possible
- And there are those, like Dan, who enable the nuts.†
p. 113.8enable = make possible
- Secrets are the enablers of antisocial, immoral and destructive behavior.†
p. 291.6
- The very fact that you thought this action would remain secret enabled you to commit this crime, correct?†
p. 298.1enabled = made possible
- The fact that I thought I was alone, unwatched, enabled me to commit a crime.†
p. 298.3
- All because you were being enabled by some, what, some cloak of invisibility?†
p. 298.5
- The shark seemed to unhook its jaw, doubling the size of its mouth, enabling it to easily subsume the whole of the turtle in one swallow.†
p. 320.1enabling = making possible
- And this has enabled us to get perfect and complete data on the eleven thousand people here.†
p. 359.6enabled = made 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)