enable

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enabled p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling ] 1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [ Obs. ] “Who hath enabled me.” 1 Tim. i. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]