enable /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ verb7 •To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. •To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption •To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse. •To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device). •To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs. •To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for. •To affirm; to make firm and strong. formsenabled · enabling · enables · enableth · enablest