able

1. superl. Fit; adapted; suitable. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. superl. Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property. Source: opted

5. a. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. Source: opted

6. a. To vouch for. Source: opted

7. adj. (usually followed by ‘to’) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something Source: wordnet

8. adj. have the skills and qualifications to do things well Source: wordnet

9. adj. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity Source: wordnet

10. adj. having a strong healthy body Source: wordnet

11. Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able toinherit or devise property. Source: adambom

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