The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Enable \En*a"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Enabling.]
   1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
      [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." --1 Tim. i. 12.
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            Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles,
            when he enabled them with priestly power. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer
      sufficient power upon; to furnish with means,
      opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to
      empower; to endow.
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            Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables
            her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
                                                  --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enabling
    adj 1: providing legal power or sanction; "an enabling
           resolution"; "enabling power" [ant: disabling,
           disqualifying]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

software enabling
enabling

    (Or "enabling") Modification of the design or
   implementation of software to allow internationalisation to
   take place.

   In particular, enabling may refer to the modification of
   software to support double-byte character sets, hence
   "Unicode enabling" and "double-byte enabling".

   (1999-06-28)