To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.

To take responsibility for making sure a given task is accomplished.

Latin facilis = easy, hence, to make easy.

to offer stimulation to individual children or small groups of children as their natural activity suggests, extending ideas and supporting their efforts to explore, think and to empathize with others.

(1) In a group meeting, to serve as a supporter of the meeting process, helping the group move through its agenda to its desired outcome, but not getting personally involved in the meeting content. (2) To "facilitate" efforts means to be help make things happen more readily or effectively.

be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents"

physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"

make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

To make easier.

To guide through the process.