v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Facilitated p. pr. & vb. n. Facilitating ] [ Cf. F. faciliter. See Facility. ] To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task. [ 1913 Webster ]
To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]