facilitate

[fuh-sil-i-teyt] /fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt/
verb (used with object), facilitated, facilitating.
1.
to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.):
Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
2.
to assist the progress of (a person).
Origin
1605-15; facilit(y) + -ate1
Related forms
facilitative, adjective
unfacilitated, adjective
Can be confused
facile, facilitate, facility, felicitate.
Examples from the web for facilitate
  • The cocoons were then put in hot water to facilitate the difficult and tedious task of extracting the silk.
  • It was designed to facilitate the movement of material during construction of the dam.
  • Volunteers and staff facilitate interactive experiments in chemistry, physics and genetics.
  • There are plenty of people out there who want something, and these guys want to facilitate that.
  • Paper was important not to facilitate creative collaboration and thought but as an instrument of control.
  • In order to facilitate the description, each subclavian artery is divided into three parts.
  • The power being given, it is the interest of the nation to facilitate its execution.
  • Magnifying their difficulties will not take them off our hands nor facilitate their adjustment.
  • Another play on words will facilitate the transition to a new subdivision of the technique of double meaning.
  • The tiger's lifestyle helped facilitate that rapid migration.
British Dictionary definitions for facilitate

facilitate

/fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt/
verb
1.
(transitive) to make easier; assist the progress of
Derived Forms
facilitative, adjective
facilitator, noun
Word Origin and History for facilitate
v.

1610s, from French faciliter "to render easy," from Latin facilis "easy" (see facile). Related: Facilitated; facilitates; facilitating.