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facilitate

Pronunciation: /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/

The English word “facilitate” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make easy or easier.
  2. To help bring about.
  3. To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

Etymology

Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.

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