facilize

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verb

To make something easy; to facilitate.

OriginItalian facilitare →
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Meanings

verbfacilize (third-person singular simple present facilizes, present participle facilizing, simple past and past participle facilized)

present singular third person facilizes · participle present facilizing · participle past facilized · past facilized · alternative facilise

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo make something easy; to facilitate.

    Wherefore in these, it is behooffull not to worke for proper commoditie, but for publike benefit; for that in this maner euery one as interessed, doe agree to effect and facilize the obtaining of that good which is desired.

    1607, Edward Blount, Ars alica: or the courtiers arte, page 2

Origin

  1. Italianfacilitare
  2. Englishfacilize

From facile + -ize, originally after Italian facilitare.

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Chicago

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