Enable definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ENABLE, v.t. [Norm. enhabler; en and hable, able. See Able ... strength a man is enabled to work. Learning and industry enable men to investigate the laws of nature. Fortitude enables us ... render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope ... to make possible, practical, or easy < a deal that would enable passage of a new law > c. to cause to operate ... something otherwise unlawful. Derivatives: enabler n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Enable En*a"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; ...
... In a few species of fowls, the wings do not enable them to fly; as is the case with the dodo ... 18. WING, v.t. 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ... transitive verb 1. a. to fit with wings b. to enable to fly or move swiftly 2. a. to traverse with ... or an arm. 3 tr. equip with wings. 4 tr. enable to fly; send in flight (fear winged my steps; winged ... pr. & vb. n. Winging.] 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ...
... folds of skin connecting the forelegs and hind legs that enable it to make long gliding leaps; also any of various ... large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. Flying gurnard (Zo["o ... large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. Flying gurnard (Zo["o ... skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps. Note: The species of ...
... the debtor. 2. To give physical power or force; to enable. [In this sense the use is not frequent,and perhaps ... to < empowered her attorney to act on her behalf > 2. enable 1a 3. to promote the self-actualization or influence of ... a. 1. Authorize, commission, warrant, qualify, give authority to. 2. Enable, make able. Moby Thesaurus accredit, arm, assign, authorize, certificate, certify ... consign, delegate, depute, deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, enable, endow, endue, enfranchise, entitle, entrust, franchise, give in charge, give ...
... be true, and that yet the data were inadequate to enable all the minor details to be determined with certainty. See ... is claimed, marked by separate styles and other characteristics which enable them to be identified when they occur in the narrative ... line of reasoning. Legal rules may be such as to enable the historical inquirer to say definitely that they belong to ...
... CAPACITATE, v.t. [See Capacity.] 1. To make capable; to enable; to furnish with natural power; as, to capacitate one for ... Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capacitating.] To render capable; to enable; to qualify. By thih instruction we may be capaciated to ... Dryden. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. Qualify, enable, make able, make or render capable.
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DISENABLE, v.t. [dis and enable.] To deprive of power, natural or moral; to disable; to ... this command on your computer" [syn: disable, disenable, incapacitate] [ant: enable] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Disenable Dis`en*a"ble, v. t. [Pref. dis- + enable.] To disable; to disqualify. The sight of it might damp ...
... the necessities of life (has a family to support). 4 enable to last out; give strength to; encourage. 5 bear out ... the ministers of the gospel. 6. To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or ... and the family... 3. Financial support is money provided to enable an organization to continue. This money is usually provided by ...
... or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. Safety ...
... i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.). 4. (Giv ... that can be fixed onto a machine in order to enable it to do different jobs. Some models come with attachments ...
... difficulty in recovering the original reading with sufficient accuracy to enable us to lay down rules on the subject with any ... revised the text of the earlier parts of the Avesta) enable us to prove that certain portions of the work as ...
... stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: siding, railroad ... highway in which vehicles may park or pull into to enable others to pass c. a railroad siding 5. a clearing ...
... injury of a third person. A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. 4. That which is dispensed or ... free will (oaths, vows, etc.). A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. --Ward. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (dispensations ...
... large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. Flying gurnard (Zo["o ... that live in warm seas. They have large fins that enable them to move forward in the air when they jump ...
... French enterpleder, from enterpleder, verb Date: 1567 a proceeding to enable a person to compel parties making the same claim against ... 1. One who interpleads. 2. (Law) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing ...