Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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
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								"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. 
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								While Galo was relieved to talk to his mother on a phone call facilitated by the congressman, she had grim news. 
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								He said the talks would be "facilitated" - as opposed to mediated - by a Nigerian diplomat and a South African politician. 
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								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. 
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								This is a hoax, as are most cases of so-called facilitated communication. When stupid people blog ... yadda yadda yadda ... Blogging Tory. CC 2009 
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								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. 
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								Carlotta's happy recollection of his surname facilitated the search. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896 
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								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. 
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								His conclusions follow a study to test the validity of so-called facilitated communication. BBC - Ouch 2010 
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								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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