Etymology

enable

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Middle English enablen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromenablen
  2. English todayenable

From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.

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