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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Facilitate

/(fȧ*sĭl"ĭ*tāt)/ · Fa·cil·i·tate · IPA /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Facilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Facilitating
  1. 1.
    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.
    “To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for.” I. Taylor.