enable

• accredit
• affirm
• allow
• approve
• authorize
• certify
• charter
• clear
• commission
• condition
• confirm
• credential
• empower
• endorse
• enfranchise
• entitle
• equip
• fit
• habilitate
• inaugurate
• indorse
• induct
• initiate
• install
• instate
• invest
• let
• licence
• license
• ok
• okay
• permit
• prepare
• privilege
• qualify
• ready
• sanction
• swear in
• validate
• vest
• warrant

• ban
• bar
• block
• constrain
• deny
• disallow
• disbar
• discourage
• disenfranchise
• disfranchise
• disqualify
• enjoin
• exclude
• forbid
• hinder
• hold back
• impede
• inhibit
• interdict
• obstruct
• outlaw
• preclude
• prevent
• prohibit
• proscribe
• shut out
• stop
• veto

• verb
  1. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
  2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.
  3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
  4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
  5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
  6. To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
  7. To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

• This new software will enable faster data processing.
• Good communication skills enable better teamwork and collaboration.
• The update will enable the feature on all compatible devices.
• These tools enable users to customize their experience.
• Education can enable people to improve their quality of life.

qualify

take kindly to

make good

sanction

make it

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