Fa-cĭl'i-tāte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FACILITATED; p. pr. & vb. n. FACILITATING.] [Lat. facilitas, facility, q. v.; Sp. facilitar, It. facilitare, Fr. faciliter.] 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.