Enables

Examples

• So convenient a thing it is to be a _reasonable creature_, since _it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I found the ash of a cigar, which my special knowledge of tobacco ashes enables me to pronounce as an Indian cigar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is the constructive, creative power which raises man above the level of the beast and enables him to devise and fashion wonderful inventions. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• As he came into the circle of dim light which enables me to see him more clearly I was thrilled with horror at his appearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is really the presence or absence of overtones which enables us to distinguish the note of the piano from that of the violin, flute, or clarinet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A careful study of these reports enables one to forecast to some extent the probable weather conditions of the day. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Nothing but the strength of his purpose enables him to make it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am not sorry you asked it, she said, for it enables me to do justice to Sir Percival's reputation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We have perhaps arrived at the stage of philosophy which enables us to understand what he is aiming at, better than he did himself. Plato. The Republic.
• The demand of wealthier nations, however, sometimes enables him to get a rent for it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Chief of these is the kick-starter, which enables the rider to start the engine of his machine without mounting it upon a stand or pedaling on the road. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• About 1639 Gascoigne, a young Englishman, invented the micrometer, which enables an observer to adjust a telescope with very great precision. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Besides accounting for old experimental results it suggests new lines of work and even enables one to predict the outcome of further investigation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It records and fixes and enables thought to get on to more and more complex ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• His art enables him to give a spiritual appearance to one or more of his figures, and to exhibit them as 'thin air,' amid the solid realities of the stereoscopic picture. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It is enough to note that literature in particular elaborates our insight into human life, and, therefore, enables us to center our institutions more truly. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• These birds can be utilized in this way only in virtue of what is called their homing faculty or instinct, which enables them to find their way back home from surprising distances. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It enables them both to enjoy more and to produce more, in proportion to what she enjoys and produces. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The freedom of exportation enables it to extend cultivation for the supply of foreign nations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• First, he put his hand in his coat, and took another paper from it, that is the certificate which enables me to pass out of this city. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• An abundant supply of water enables the food to be dissolved or suspended in it, and in solution the food material is easily distributed to all parts of the body. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It is sometimes more convenient to move a load in one direction rather than in another, and the pulley in its simplest form enables us to do this. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• To him, land is only the instrument which enables him to earn the wages of this labour, and to make the profits of this stock. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is that which enables me to speak French so well: a gude Scots tongue always succeeds well at the French. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The military art has been changed by the invention of gunpowder; which enables man to command the two most powerful agents of nature, air and fire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Does Mr. Edison, or any one for him, mean to say that r/n enables him to obtain nE, and that C IS NOT = E / (r/n + R)? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The scythe, which is a development from the sickle, enables the operator to use both hands instead of one. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There is an energy, an elasticity in his mind, which enables him to seize on and analyze all questions, pushing them to their legitimate cons equences. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Again, the hypothesis suggests n ew lines of research, enables one in some cases to anticipate the outcome of experiment, and may be abundantly justified by res ults. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Heat causes rain and wind, fog and cloud; heat enables vegetation to grow and thus indirectly provides our food. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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