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Able

adjective

(compar. abler; superl. ablest)

(usually followed by 'to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something. "She was able to program her computer" , "We were at last able to buy a car" , "Able to get a grant for the project" Antonym: unable.

Have the skills and qualifications to do things well. Synonym: capable. "A capable administrator" , "Children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"

Having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity. "Human beings are able to walk on two feet" , "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"

Having a strong healthy body. Synonym: able-bodied. "Every able-bodied young man served in the army"

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... he, as he strode back to tell Cora of his mission; "but he carries it with a high hand. I didn't think there was so much real devil in him. He is playing a fine game, but I don't think he can dream that we suspect him. If we can deceive him in this, and get him into the house, we will be able to accomplish his ...

— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch

... one of the flamboyant orators of the Socialist party, Lady Elisabeth," he said, "nor am I one of those who are able to see much joy or very much hopefulness in life under present conditions. For every word I have spoken and every line I have written, I accept the ...

— A People's Man • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... really very interesting," resumed Michael slowly, "because I think in that case you would see a most singular effect, an effect that has generally been achieved by all those able and powerful systems which rationalism, or the religion of the ball, has produced to lead or teach mankind. You would see, I think, that thing happen which is always the ultimate embodiment and logical outcome of ...

— The Ball and The Cross • G.K. Chesterton

... to be a most agreeable little town, and its society extremely pleasant. Many of its houses are now destroyed or converted into hospitals; the rest look miserable and dilapidated. Its female inhabitants (for the able-bodied males are all absent in the army) are familiar with the bloody realities of war. As many as 5000 wounded have been accommodated here at one time. All the ladies are accustomed to the bursting ...

— Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 • Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle

... (robe mangiative) without paying duty upon them. As far as I can understand, the main work of Velotti's is the chapel of S. Carlo, on the top of a hill some few hundred feet above the present establishment. I give a sketch of this chapel here, but was not able to include the smaller chapels which lead ...

— Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino • Samuel Butler

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