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facilitate (verb) – 1. To make easy or easier.
2. To lead (a discussion), as by asking questions, mediating between opposing viewpoints, or ensuring that all participants’ views are heard.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : As with so many English words, it’s easy to find a Latin origin for facilitate. It traces back to the Latin adjective facilis, meaning “easy.” Other descendants of facilis in English include facile (“easy to do”), facility (“the quality of being easily performed”), faculty (“ability”), and difficult (from dis- plus facilis, which equals “not easy”). Facilis in turn comes from facere, a Latin verb meaning “to make or do.” Facere has played a role in the development of dozens of English words, ranging from affect to surfeit.
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