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enabled

[ en-ey-buhld ]

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adjective

Digital Technology. equipped for a specified extended, peripheral, or premium use (used in combination): web-enabled cell phones.
a Wi-Fi enabled thermostat;
web-enabled cell phones.
noting or relating to a person living with a physical or mental disability who uses adaptive tools or assistive technology to engage in everyday activities and share public and private spaces with others:
Enabled employees are granted reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
nondisabled ( def ).

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Sensitive Note

See able-bodied.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of enabled¹

enable ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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There is nothing to suggest the RUC had information which would have enabled them to take action to prevent his murder.

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However, my family, community, and various forms of activism enabled me to survive.

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US District Judge Leonie Brinkema said in the ruling Google had "wilfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts" which enabled it to "acquire and maintain monopoly power" in the market.

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Mr Nicholson explained: "In conjunction with Met Office forecasts it enabled us to open airspace where there were low levels of ash."

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The suspects had concealed the creatures in "specially modified test tubes and syringes" which would have enabled the insects to survive for two months, the KWS said.

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