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Pronunciation : En*a"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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