render capable or able for some task
"This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"
"The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
"The new software update enables developers to automate their entire testing process without manual intervention."
In plain English: To enable something means to make it possible for someone to do or use it.
"The new software update will enable users to share files quickly and easily."
Usage: Use enable to mean giving someone the necessary power, resources, or opportunity to accomplish a specific task. It is incorrect to use it for simply allowing an action without providing the means to do so.
The word enable comes from Middle English, where it was formed by combining the prefix en- with the adjective able. This construction literally meant "to make capable," reflecting its current definition of granting someone or something the power to do something.