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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"

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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"Able" Quotes from Famous Books

... knowledge, perseverance, diligence, and success in the ministry, as of a vessel filled with grace, and ordained to honour. Still, when he spoke of himself as man, he used the strongest terms of self-abasement. He had no doubt he should be able to foil Dr. Beaumont in argument, and convince him that the Anglican church was really anti-christian. His benevolence and liberality urged him to undertake this office at this time, in hopes that, since the Doctor's subsistence depended upon his acquiescence, expediency would facilitate conviction. ...

— The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 - An Historical Novel • Jane West

... trembling Captain. 'For the sake of Wal'r drownded in the briny deep, turn to, and histe up something or another, if able!' ...

— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

... sleep that night without much expectation of being able to obtain sleep. Her nerves were overstrung, and at times thought in her mind came to a standstill; it was as though a sudden hush came on all within her, so that neither did heart beat nor breath come. But ...

— The Broom-Squire • S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

... and I see how hard it is for you to manage with Mrs. Bowen's dislike for me. But you mustn't think of if. I dare say it will be different; I've no doubt we can get her to look at me in some brighter light. I—" He did not know what he should urge next; but he goaded his invention, and was able to declare that if they loved each other they needed not regard any one else. This flight, when accomplished, did not strike him as very original effect, and it was with a dull surprise that he saw ...

— Indian Summer • William D. Howells

... concert, no matter how it disarranged Captain Godfrey's plans. But he was entirely willing. It was these men, on their way to the trenches, or on the way out of them, bound for rest billets, whom, of course, I was most anxious to reach, since I felt that they were the ones I was most likely to be able ...

— A Minstrel In France • Harry Lauder

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