enable
I
verb
abet, aid, allow, approve, arm, assist, authorize, capacitate, confer, consent, emancipate, empower, endow, facilitate, facultatem facere, give ability, give authority, give means, give permission, give power, grant, help, homini rei, implement, indulge, invest, let, liberate, license, make able, make capable, make possible, make practicable, permit, privilege, provide, provide means, qualify, release, remove a disability, render assistance, render competent, sanction, strengthen, supply with means, support
associated concepts: enabling act, enabling legislation, enabling statute
II
index
allow (authorize), authorize, charge (empower), clothe, delegate, empower, endue, facilitate, furnish, grant (concede), invest (vest), let (permit), permit, qualify (meet standards), sanction, vest
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006