facilitate

Pronunciation key ( fə-sil′ə-tāt′ )

fa•cili•tate

[Fr. faciliter after Italian facilitare < L. facilis; see FACILE]

v.t.

1. to make easy, to lighten the work, assist or help.
2. to make a convenient.

n.

1. fa•cil′i•ta′tion

[FACILITATED (-id), FACILITATING]

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1976