ABLE
\ˈe͡ɪbə͡l], \ˈeɪbəl], \ˈeɪ_b_əl]\
Definitions of ABLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"
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having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
By Princeton University
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having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"
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having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Fit; adapted; suitable.
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Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
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Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
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Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
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To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
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To vouch for.
By Oddity Software
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Fit; adapted; suitable.
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Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
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Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
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Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
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To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
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To vouch for.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Ably.
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Having adequate power; competent; capable.
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Given to; tending to; like to; fit to; worthy of; capable of; able to; as, changeable, honorable, thinkable.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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