Facilitate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Facilitate \Fa*cil"i*tate\ (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]t), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Facilitated} (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]`t[e^]d);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Facilitating}
     (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  facilitate
       v 1: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing
            your knowledge" [syn: {ease}, {alleviate}]
       2: be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents" [syn: {help}]
       3: physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response); "The
          stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "facilitate":
     act for, advance, advantage, aid, assist, be instrumental, boost,
     clear the way, conduce to, contribute to, ease, encourage,
     expedite, explain, favor, forward, further, go between, grease,
     grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, help, help along,
     lend wings to, loose, lubricate, make clear, make for,
     make way for, mediate, minister to, oil, open the way, open up,
     pave the way, prepare the way, promote, push forward, put forward,
     quicken, remove friction, run interference for, serve, set forward,
     simplify, smooth, smooth the way, soap the ways, speed, subserve,
     unbar, unblock, unclog, unjam