Enable
Enable verb - To make able or possible.
Pass
Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Fists pass Drummer nanosites to her through their bodily fluids that, when examined, reveal that Hackworth is the Architect of the Seed and enable Nell to design counternanosites.
Source: Literature / The Diamond Age -
A cram school is a special school, generally privately run, whose entire, unashamed purpose is to enable pupils to pass these exams.
Source: Cram School -
You Shall Not Pass: Basilard pulls this in the Yacian Caverns in order to enable his students and client to escape a pack of Xethras.
Source: Literature / A Mage's Power
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