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Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- She is able to lift the box without assistance.
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Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
- In a democratic world you'd be able to say what you thought wherever you were.
- I'll see you as soon as I'm able.
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Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
- The chairman was also an able sailor.
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Legally qualified or competent.
- He is able to practice law in six states.
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Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
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Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.dialectalobsolete
- After the past week of forced marches, only half the men are fully able.
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Easy to use.obsolete
- As the hands are the most habil parts of the body...
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Suitable; competent.obsolete
- […] and for every able man servant that he or she shall carry or send armed and provided as aforesaid, ninety acres of land of like measure.
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Liable to.dialectalobsolete
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Rich; well-to-do.obsolete
- He was born to an able family.
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To make ready.obsoletetransitive
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To make capable; to enable.obsoletetransitive
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To dress.obsoletetransitive
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To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.obsoletetransitive
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To vouch for; to guarantee.obsoletetransitive
- None does offend, none....I’ll able ’em.
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present participle and gerund of canform-ofgerundparticiple
- I might be able to go.
- I have been able to go, since I was seven.
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The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.uncountable