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1. Make easier
   "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge";
   - ease, alleviate, grease [informal]
    
2. Be of use
   - help
    
3. (physiology) increase the likelihood of (a response)
   "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"

Derived forms: facilitating, facilitated, facilitates

Type of: aid, assist, cause, do, engender, help, make, serve

Encyclopedia: Facilitate