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enable | boot |

As a verb enable

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

As a noun boot is

boat.

enable

English

(Webster 1913)

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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
  • To allow a way out or excuse for an action.

    • Antonyms

    * disable

    Derived terms

    * enabler * enablement * re-enable * reenable

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    boot

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) boote, .

    Noun

    (wikipedia boot) (en noun)
  • A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  • A blow with the foot; a kick.
  • (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  • A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  • (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  • A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
  • (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  • (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  • (Australia, British, NZ, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
  • * 1998 , , A Sight For Sore Eyes , 2010, page 260,
    • He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot' and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that ' boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
  • * 2003 , Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide , unnumbered page,
    • The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
  • * 2008 , MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles , page 104,
    • Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot' of the BMW and slammed the ' boot lid down.
  • (computing, informal) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
  • (British, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman
  • (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
    • Synonyms
    * (shoe) buskin, mukluk * (blow with foot) kick * (car storage) trunk (US) * (parking enforcement device) wheel clamp * fired, laid off
    Derived terms
    * bet one's boots * boot camp * boot cut * Boot Hill * bootless * bootstrap * car boot, car boot sale, boot sale * chewie on ya boot * Denver boot, aka wheel clamp * get the boot * give the boot * horse boot * army boot * Australian boot * Chelsea boot * chukka boot * combat boot * cowboy boot * football boot * go-go boot * gum boot, gumboot * Hessian boot * hiking boot * hip boot * hobnail boot * jackboot * Jesus boots * jump boot, paratrooper boot * jungle boot * knee high boot * kinky boot * Malay boot * motorcycle boot * riding boot * rigger boot * shake in one's boots * shoot the boots * ski boot * snowboard boot * Spanish boot * steel-toe boot * tabi boot * tanker boot * the boot is on the other foot * thigh boot * thigh-high boot * ugg boot, ug boot * walking boot (aka ankle walker) * Wellington boots * work boot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To kick.
    • I booted the ball toward my teammate.
  • To put boots on, especially for riding.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Coated and booted for it.
  • To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  • (informal) To forcibly eject.
    • We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible
  • (slang) To vomit.
    • Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
  • (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  • * 2002 , Dan Verton, The Hacker Diaries - Page 67
    • As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel.
  • * 2003 , John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Online! - Page 173
    • Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not booted .
  • * 2002 , Jobe Makar, Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified - Page 544
    • In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was booted .
    Usage notes
    The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick .
    Synonyms
    * (kick) hoof, kick * (disconnect from online conversation) kick
    Derived terms
    * boot up * boot up the backside, boot up the bum

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) boote, bote, bot, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * bote

    Noun

  • (dated) remedy, amends
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Thou art boot for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.
  • * Wordsworth
    • next her Son, our soul's best boot
  • (uncountable) profit, plunder
  • (obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll give you boot , I'll give you three for one.
  • (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot .
    Derived terms
    * to boot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to profit, avail, benefit
  • * Hooker
    • What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
  • * Byron
    • What subdued / To change like this a mind so far imbued / With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
  • * Southey
    • What boots to us your victories?
  • To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And I will boot thee with what gift beside / Thy modesty can beg.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "boot")

    Etymology 3

    Shortening of (bootstrap).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
    • It took three boot s, but I finally got the application installed.
    Derived terms
    * boot disk * boot loader * boot sector * cold boot * dual boot * hot boot * warm boot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
    • When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.

    Derived terms

    * reboot

    Etymology 4

    From , by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bootleg recording.

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