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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-ey-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈeɪ bəl

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Définition of enables

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to make fit;" mid-15c., "to make able to," from en- (1) "make, put in" + able. Related: Enabled; enabling.
  • verb allow, authorize
Example sentences :
  • It does more, it enables women to become heroes and martyrs!
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Method is essential, and enables a larger amount of work to be got through with satisfaction.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Yet it is not only this that enables him to appear as he does.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • But if I can discharge its debts it enables me to dispense with the popular code.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Later on it enables the animal to pass from one food locality to another.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • It enables us, in some sort, to anticipate regarding it the decision of posterity.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • It is this which enables fire and air to permeate the flesh.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • For do we not say that silver is useful because it enables us to supply our bodily needs?
  • Extract from : « Eryxias » by An Imitator of Plato
  • The best of this war is, it enables me to exterminate so many bad artists.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • Yes, it enables the people to live very cheaply, but how about the growers?
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

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