facilitate
- to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- to assist the progress of (a person).
Origin of facilitate
Related Words for facilitate
help, ease, simplify, aid, further, promote, speed, expedite, forward, smooth, hand-carryExamples from the Web for facilitate
Contemporary Examples of facilitate
Spiritual gurus who use their power to facilitate sexual encounters with their students are something of a cliché.
Not all hospices will agree to facilitate self-dehydration, so Schwarz refers patients to those that will.
Sicilian seaports that will facilitate the shipment have already stepped up security measures, especially on incoming vessels.
The research will be used to make advances in robotic technology and facilitate smoother interactions between humans and robots.
Aware of the constant phone surveillance, Escobar raised carrier pigeons to facilitate secure communication.
Historical Examples of facilitate
Shall be happy to facilitate any despatch you may wish forwarded to your Government.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
Of course, in times of peace, they may facilitate the common business of politics.
So I resorted to you to facilitate my introduction to the market.
The Mystery of Murray DavenportRobert Neilson Stephens
That was why he wanted Mogro to facilitate a landing at Santander.
The Historical Nights' EntertainmentRafael Sabatini
The leaders can facilitate this process, but it isn't helpful if they try to hurry it.
Marriage Enrichment RetreatsDavid Mace
facilitate
- (tr) to make easier; assist the progress of
Word Origin and History for facilitate
1610s, from French faciliter "to render easy," from Latin facilis "easy" (see facile). Related: Facilitated; facilitates; facilitating.