Verb

(enabling) (enabl)

To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.

* 1611 , King James Bible , "1 Tim. i. 12"

Who hath enabled me.

To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.

* 1711 , October 13, (Joseph Addison), (The Spectator) , number 195

Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.

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To allow a way out or excuse for an action.

Verb

(en verb)

To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

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His censure will ... accredit his praises.

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These reasons ... which accredit and fortify mine opinion.

To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

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Beton ... was accredited to the Court of France. -

To believe; to put trust in.

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The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.

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He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.

To enter on the credit side of an account book.

To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.

The school was an accredited college.

To recognize as outstanding.

(literally) To credit.