enable

enable (one) to (do something)

To allow one to do something. My boss's absence enabled me to establish myself as a key figure in our department. Keep the keys on you at all times—we don't want to enable anyone to rob our store. Mom and Dad never punish him, which ultimately enables him to do whatever destructive thing he wants!

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enable someone to do something

to make it possible for someone to do something. This money will enable me to open my own business. My uncle enabled me to open my own candy shop.

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