enable render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
modify,
alter,
change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
lay up disable or confine, as with an illness; "She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks"
nobble disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"
