enabled

[ en-ey-buhld ]

adjective

1. Digital Technology. equipped for a specified extended, peripheral, or premium use (used in combination): web-enabled cell phones.

   a Wi-Fi enabled thermostat;

   web-enabled cell phones.

2. noting or relating to a person living with a physical or mental disability who uses adaptive tools or assistive technology to engage in everyday activities and share public and private spaces with others:

   Enabled employees are granted reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

3. nondisabled ( def ).

Sensitive Note

See able-bodied.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enabled¹

enable ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

In Roberts’ telling, this trauma was enabled by “big government” and its proponents.

From Salon

If you look into your heart, you know deep down that predatory capitalism has us all sick and has enabled a war and prison industry, that our society is configured in ways that divide and alienate us from what is our best nature, that the two-party system entrenches power.

From Salon

This replacement is allegedly enabled by weak or malicious cosmopolitan elites, often identified as Jewish.

From Salon

During the Republican primaries this year, Trump sought to take credit for nominating the conservative Supreme Court justices who enabled states to pass restrictive abortion laws.

From Los Angeles Times

As "Martha," the new Netflix documentary on Stewart reveals, her personal life was often tumultuous, yet her ambition and resolve enabled her to persevere.

From Salon

Related Words

• empower
• facilitate
• implement
• permit
• set up