facilitate
To make easy or easier.
Other meanings
To help bring about.
To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
Synonyms
- ease
- alleviate
Related words
- cofacilitate
- disfacilitate
- refacilitate
- nonfacilitating
Word history
From Latin "facilis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “facilitate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.