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 Definitions for Able: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Able \A"ble\, v. t. [See Able, a.] [Obs.]
1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. --Chaucer.
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2. To vouch for. "I 'll able them." --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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-able \-a*ble\ (-[.a]*b'l). [F. -able, L. -abilis.]
An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to
be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive
sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be
amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.
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Note: The form {-ible} is used in the same sense.
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Note: It is difficult to say when we are not to use -able
instead of -ible. "Yet a rule may be laid down as to
when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the
Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted
infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first
conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever
sprung, we annex -able only." --Fitzed. Hall.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Able \A"ble\, a. [comp. Abler; superl. Ablest.] [OF. habile,
L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful,
fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit.]
1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
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A many man, to ben an abbot able. --Chaucer.
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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.
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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.
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No man wrote abler state papers. --Macaulay.
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4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence;
as, able to inherit or devise property.
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Note:
Able for, is Scotticism.
"Hardly able for such a march." --Robertson.
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Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective;
capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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able
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or
skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able
to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we
were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant
for the project" [ant: unable]
2: have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able
teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young
as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable" [syn: capable]
3: 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"
4: having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every
able-bodied young man served in the army" [syn: {able-bodied}]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "able":
adapted, adequate, adjusted, alert, au fait, brainy, brilliant,
capable, checked out, clever, competent, effective, effectual,
efficacious, efficient, enigmatic, enterprising, equal to, expert,
fit, fitted, fitted for, go-ahead, good, incalculable,
incognizable, intelligent, journeyman, keen, mysterious,
productive, proficient, proper, puzzling, qualified, sealed, sharp,
skilled, skillful, smart, strange, suited, unapparent,
unapprehended, unascertained, unbeknown, uncharted, unclassified,
undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered, undivulged, unexplained,
unexplored, unexposed, unfamiliar, unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of,
unidentified, uninvestigated, unknowable, unknown, unperceived,
unplumbed, unrevealed, unsuspected, untouched, up to, up to snuff,
up-and-coming, virgin, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited,
wicked, worthy
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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ABLE
A simple language for accountants.
["ABLE, The Accounting Language, Programming and Reference
Manual," Evansville Data Proc Center, Evansville, IN, Mar
1975].
[Listed in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11):56 (Nov 1978)].
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