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Adjective: enabling  en'ey-bu-ling
  1. Providing legal power or sanction
    "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power"
Verb: enable  en'ey-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

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