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

To cause to move in a certain direction.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter V

When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.

To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.

* 2005 , .

I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,