Fa‐cil″i‐tate (fȧ‐sĭl″ĭ‐tāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Facilitated (–tā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Facilitating (–tā′tĭng).] [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.