English-Thai Dictionary

enable

VT ทำให้ เป็นไปได้  สามารถ  empower tam-hai-pen-pai-dai

 

enablement

N การ ทำให้ เป็นไปได้ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENABLE

v.t.[Norm. enhabler; en and hable, able. See Able. ] 1. To make able; to supply with power, physical or moral; to furnish with sufficient power or ability. By strength a man is enabled to work. Learning and industry enable men to investigate the laws of nature. Fortitude enables us to bear pain without murmuring.
2. To supply with means. Wealth enables men to be charitable, or to live in luxury.
3. To furnish with legal ability or competency; to authorize. The law enables us to dispose of our property by will.
4. To furnish with competent knowledge or skill, and in general, with adequate means.

 

ENABLED

pp. Supplied with sufficient power, physical, moral or legal.

 

ENABLEMENT

n.The act of enabling; ability.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENABLE

En *a "ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling. ]

 

1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs. ] "Who hath enabled me. " 1 Tim. i. 12. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. To make able (to do, or to be, something ); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow. Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.

 

ENABLEMENT

ENABLEMENT En *a "ble *ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

enable

en a ble |enˈābəl ɪˈneɪbəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 give (someone or something ) the authority or means to do something: [ with obj. and infinitive ] : the evidence would enable us to arrive at firm conclusions. • make possible: a number of courses are available to enable an understanding of a broad range of issues. 2 chiefly Computing make (a device or system ) operational; activate. • (as adj., in combination -enabled ) adapted for use with the specified application or system: WAP-enabled mobile phones. DERIVATIVES en a ble ment noun, en a bler noun ORIGIN late Middle English (formerly also as inable ): from en- 1, in- 2, + able .

 

Oxford Dictionary

enable

en ¦able |ɪnˈeɪb (ə )l, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 [ with infinitive ] give (someone ) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for: the evidence would enable us to arrive at firm conclusions. • make (something ) possible: each of them has wheels to enable easy transportation. the Department is leading the effort to enable a smooth and timely transition. 2 chiefly Computing make (a device or system ) operational; activate. • (as adj., in combination -enabled ) adapted for use with the specified application or system: WAP-enabled mobile phones. DERIVATIVES enablement noun, enabler noun ORIGIN late Middle English (formerly also as inable ): from en- 1, in- 2, + able .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

enable

enable verb the brace will enable you to walk more steadily: allow, permit, let, give the means, equip, empower, make able, fit; make possible, facilitate; authorize, entitle, qualify; formal capacitate. ANTONYMS prevent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

enable

enable verb 1 the act enabled ordinary citizens to operate radio stations: authorize, sanction, warrant, license, qualify, allow, permit, entitle, empower, accredit, legalize, validate; commission, delegate; informal OK, give the OK to, give the green light to, give the thumbs up to. ANTONYMS forbid. 2 these scholarships have enabled graduates to pursue diverse studies: allow, permit, let, give the means to, give the resources to, equip, prepare, facilitate, capacitate, fit. ANTONYMS prevent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

enable

en a ble /ɪnéɪb (ə )l /〖en (する )able (可能に )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -bling 他動詞 1 〖enable A to do 〗〈物 事 人が 〉A 〈人 物 事 〉が …することを可能にする , Aが …する機会 [許可 ]を与える ▸ Medical advancements have enabled people to live longer .医学の進歩により人々はより長生きできるようになった (≒Thanks to medical advancements, people have been able to live longer. )2 ｟かたく ｠〈事 〉を可能にする ▸ enable tax evasion 脱税を可能にする 3 〘コンピュ 〙〈機器 〉を作動させる .

 

enabler

en á bler 名詞 C 可能にする人 [物 ]; ｟非難して ｠イネイブラー 〘手助けするつもりでかえって相手のためにならないことをする人 〙.