enabling

[ en-ey-bling ]

/ ɛnˈeɪ blɪŋ /

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adjective Law.

conferring additional legal powers or capacities, especially by removing a barrier to action, suspending required permission, or relaxing oversight: an enabling act;enabling power.

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Origin of enabling

First recorded in 1670–80; enable + -ing²

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E-mycin, en, enable, enabled, enabler, enabling, enabling act, enact, enactive, enactment, enactory

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The company touts its enabling of self-help legends like Brendon Burchard, Danielle Leslie, and Amy Porterfield, and, most recently, Sophia Amoruso, who joined the platform in August.
The Spectrum Equity-backed video education platform Kajabi has already hit $60 million in ARR|Jonathan Shieber|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch
Marrying yourself merely underscores selfishness and self-interest, rather than enabling you to live singly in the best way.
Why Singles Should Say ‘I Don’t’ to The Self-Marriage Movement|Tim Teeman|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They pioneered arena performances and electric light, enabling the first night performances.
We’re All Carnies Now: Why We Can’t Quit the Circus|Anthony Paletta|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The plan is to build a holistic cloud operating system for businesses and individuals, enabling a new generation of work and play.
Bill Gates’ Internet Doomsday Prophesy Comes True|Kyle Chayka|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Yet critics of the right to be forgotten argue that by removing Google search results, the law is enabling censorship.
Should We Have the Right to Be Forgotten Online?|Kyle Chayka|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is what the larger Washington establishment has become: The enabling spouse of the drunk.
When Conservatives Cry Wolf|Michael Tomasky|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The day had been a magnificent one, enabling us to see the Yorkshire country at its best.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
These examples, however, do little towards enabling modern scholars to form a notion of the Greek system of accentuation.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
The increase in Tanqueray's income, by enabling them to keep a servant, had the effect of throwing Rose adrift about the house.
The Creators|May Sinclair
The maps are also well done, and therefore useful in enabling a reader to follow out the details of the narrative.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
He nodded to the gunner and the reef points were quickly tied, thus enabling the three boats to keep together.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

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