Of circumstances, weather, etc.: To prove advantageous to (a person); to be the means of promoting (an operation or process); to facilitate.

To relieve, assist. Obsolete.

transitive. To make (an action, process, etc.) easy or easier; to assist in bringing about (a particular end or result); = facilitate, v. 1.

transitive. To make (an action, process, etc.) easy or easier; to promote, help forward; to assist in bringing about (a particular end or result).

transitive. To make easy or easier; to facilitate.

To equip, prepare, make provision for, allow; (hence) to assist, provide comfort or convenience to. transitive. To facilitate; to make (a process…

transitive. To clear of difficulties; to clear up (confusion); to facilitate (action or movement); to disentangle, untie (a knot). Obsolete.

To render easy, facilitate. rare.

transitive. To make easy or plain; to clear (a way), to free from difficulty, obstruction, etc.; to lighten or lessen (a difficulty).

transitive. To make soft or easy.