Able
Definition of Able
A´ble | a. | 1. | Fit; adapted; suitable. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property. | | v. t. | 1. | To make able; to enable; to strengthen. | | 2. | To vouch for. |
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