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
To enable someone to do something means to give them permission or the right to do it. the republic's legislation which enables young people to do a form of alternative service. + enabling en·abling Some protection for victims must be written into the enabling legislation. to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen enable sb/sth to do sth
To enable something to happen means to make it possible for it to happen. The hot sun enables the grapes to reach optimum ripeness The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution
An on/off bit used to disable a multiplexer, encoder, decoder, or other component
If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early. + enabling en·abling Researchers describe it as an enabling technology
render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"