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t. [imp. & p. p.
Facilitated (-tā`t&ebreve;d); p. pr. & vb.
n.
Facilitating (-tā`t&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. F.
faciliter. See Facility.] To make easy or less
difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor
of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.


To invite and facilitate that line of
proceeding which the times call for.
I.
Taylor.


Fa*cil`i*ta"tion (?), n. The act
of facilitating or making easy.


Fa*cil"i*ty (f&adot;*s&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
n.; pl. Facilities (-
t&ibreve;z). [L. facilitas, fr. facilis easy: cf. F.
facilité. See Facile.] 1.
The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty;
ease; as, the facility of an operation.


The facility with which government has been
overturned in France.
Burke.


2. Ease in performance; readiness proceeding
from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful
facility in executing works of art.


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