The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Enable \En*a"ble\, 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.
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            Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles,
            when he enabled them with priestly power. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   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.
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            Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables
            her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
                                                  --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enable
    v 1: 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" [ant:
         disable, disenable, incapacitate]