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| enable | (v) render capable or able for some task, Ant. disable, Example: This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street; The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain |
| enabling act | (n) a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law, Syn. enabling clause |
| enabling legislation | (n) legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law |
| enact | (v) act out; represent or perform as if in a play, Syn. act out, reenact, Example: She reenacted what had happened earlier that day |
| enactment | (n) the passing of a law by a legislative body, Syn. passage |
| enalapril | (n) an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks, Syn. Vasotec |
| enallage | (n) a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') |
| enamel | (n) hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth, Syn. tooth enamel |
| enamel | (n) a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection |
| enamel | (n) a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish |
| Enable | v. t. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enablement | n. The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enact | n. Purpose; determination. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enact | v. t. The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Enactive | a. Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enactment | n. |
| Enactor | n. One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enacture | n. Enactment; resolution. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enaliosaur | n. (Paleon.) One of the Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enaliosauria | ‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; marine (&unr_; in + &unr_; the sea) + &unr_; a lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Enanthem { n }; Schleimhautausschlag { m } [ med. ] | enanthema [Add to Longdo] |