Antonyms for enabled


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


Definition of enabled

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 :
  • His long habit of thought concerning her enabled him to master this foolishness.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Him, his own high-born pupil was enabled to unmask, and his disgrace was visited on me.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The half-minute or so of talk had enabled him to regain his breath.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • But this order has been given to you that the traitors may be enabled to leave the town.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • Has he been enabled to travel in his suite as far as Venice?
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • But, after all, I hope I shall be enabled to be honest to a merit so transcendent.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The knowledge we gain from you has enabled us to eliminate at least half of our microbes.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • He was honoring her for the moral courage which enabled her to tell him.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • That had been a pure accident, of course, but it had enabled her to divine a good deal.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • Something of science which his grandfather had devised, and which had enabled him to—go away.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings

Synonyms for enabled

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