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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.

a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.

Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils. -- n.

A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigati…

A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place. Farrow.

An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.

etters. Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon. To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macualay.

A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.

An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

the ship. -- Wet dock, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin.

lled by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.

Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n.

To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants. To expedite your glorious march. Milton.

a, and Bastard wing, under Bastard. -- False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.

To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.

Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon. The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.

ire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. Raymond. -- Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. -- Fire shovel, a…

1. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitate.

An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.