Enable and Install

Enable

Enable verb - To give official or legal power to.

Usage example: a law that would enable the authorities to use wiretaps without obtaining court orders

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Install and enable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Install" instead a verb "Enable".

Nearby Words: enabled, enabling

Install verb - To put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies.

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Enable and install are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Enable" instead a verb "Install".

person	enable person	install person
weapons	enable weapons	install weapons

Less "murder" and more very serious negligence; you must first disable the safeguards preventing you from using the machine while intoxicated, enable or install a manual operation, get intoxicated, and use the machine.

Source: Automated Automobiles

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Install and Enable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/enable/install

Enable & Install. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/enable/install>.

Install or Enable. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/enable/install.

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