Able
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Able
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1 superl.
Fit; adapted; suitable.
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2 superl.
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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3 superl.
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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4 superl.
Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
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5 a.
To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
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6 a.
To vouch for.
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7 superl.
Fit; adapted; suitable.
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8 superl.
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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9 superl.
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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10 superl.
Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
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11 a.
To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
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12 a.
To vouch for.