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Adjective: enabling  i'ney-b(u-)ling or e'ney-b(u-)ling
  1. Providing legal power or sanction
    "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power"
     
  2. Providing means, opportunity, or authority to do something
    "enabling technology made remote work possible"
Verb: enable  i'ney-bul or e'ney-bul
  1. Render capable or able for some task
    "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

See also: facultative, sanctionative, sanctioning

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: disable, disabling

Encyclopedia: Enabling

Enable, South Africa