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Webster 1913 Edition
Enable
En-a′ble
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enabled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enabling
.] 1.
To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
[Obs.]
“Who hath enabled me.” 1 Tim. i. 12.
Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he
enabled
them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.
2.
To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.
Temperance gives Nature her full play, and
enables
her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enable
ENABLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make able; to supply with power,physical or moral; to furnish with sufficient power or ability. By strength a man is enabled to work. Learning and industry enable men to investigate the laws of nature. Fortitude enables us to bear pain without murmuring.2.
To supply with means. Wealth enables men to be charitable, or to live in luxury.3.
To furnish with legal ability or competency; to authorize. The law enables us to dispose of our property by will.4.
To furnish with competent knowledge or skill, and in general, with adequate means.