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  • adjective freed from difficulty or impediment. Contrasted with delayed.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of facilitate.

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Examples

  • "Going Dark" is ostensibly designed to help the Bureau deal with technological changes and methods to intercept Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone calls facilitated by programs such as Skype.

    Republic Broadcasting Network 2009

  • While Galo was relieved to talk to his mother on a phone call facilitated by the congressman, she had grim news.

    MailTribune.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • He said the talks would be "facilitated" - as opposed to mediated - by a Nigerian diplomat and a South African politician.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Key to the skepticism is a long-standing debate over a technique known as "facilitated communication," in which assistants help people with limited speech by holding or guiding them as they type.

    Film gives voice to autism's silent minority 2011

  • This is a hoax, as are most cases of so-called facilitated communication.

    When stupid people blog ... yadda yadda yadda ... Blogging Tory. CC 2009

  • Yet by persuading ourselves that work is a blessing, that it is dignified and honorable, our willingness to work is materially increased, and therefore the process of adaptation is facilitated -- in other words, progress is accelerated.

    Quaker Hill A Sociological Study 1902

  • Carlotta's happy recollection of his surname facilitated the search.

    The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896

  • Last November, Houben's family said that he could communicate using a method called facilitated communication, in which the hand of the patient is held above a computer keyboard and a medical assistant taps letters based on pressure from the patient's fingers.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • His conclusions follow a study to test the validity of so-called facilitated communication.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • Some are pores that allow molecules of certain types to flow across the membrane at a controlled rate through a process called facilitated diffusion.

    Scientific Blogging ZimKe 2010

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