Antonyms for enable
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-ey-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈeɪ bəl |
Definition of enable
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
- Again she fell upon her knees, and prayed God to enable her.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- What was there in life that could enable one to forget it faster?
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- This hole is to enable the syrup to penetrate the inside of the lemons.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Call them yours, if you enable me to spend to-night in your place with Marcolina.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- I don't want to know any more about you than will enable me to do what I can for you.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- The anger of the Bishop of Montreal was necessary to enable me to regain my good humour.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Yet nowadays, to enable a man to remark this, exceptional culture is required.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- I consulted my watch, which the light was sufficiently strong to enable me to do.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- This was one point at which we touched, and which went far to enable me to understand him.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- I hope and believe that I have found a clue that will enable me to trace Margaret.'
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
Synonyms for enable
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