v. t.
Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Purpose; determination. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Enacting clause,
a. Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Enactment; resolution. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Paleon.) One of the Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; marine (&unr_; in + &unr_; the sea) + &unr_; a lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders. [ 1913 Webster ]