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Webster 1913 Edition

Facilitate

Fa-cil′i-tate

(fȧ-sĭl′ĭ-tāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Facilitated
(fȧ-sĭl′ĭ-tāˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Facilitating
(fȧ-sĭl′ĭ-tāˊtĭng)
.]
[Cf. F.
faciliter
. See
Facility
.]
To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of;
as, to
facilitate
the execution of a task
.
To invite and
facilitate
that line of proceeding which the times call for.
I. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Facilitate

FACIL'ITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. facilitas, from facilis, easy.]
To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment, or to diminish it; to lessen the labor of. Machinery facilitates manual labor and operations. Pioneers may facilitate the march of an army.

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