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facial nerve
facial scrub
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facile
facilitate
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facilitate
fa·cil·i·tate [ fə sílli tàyt ] (past and past participle fa·cil·i·tat·ed, present participle fa·cil·i·tat·ing, 3rd person present singular fa·cil·i·tates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
simplify process: to make something easy or easier to do
[Early 17th century. Via French< Italian facilitare "make easy" < facile "easy" < Latin facilis (see facile)]

fa·cil·i·ta·tive adjective
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