What is the meaning of ABLE. Phrases containing ABLE
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superl.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
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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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Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.
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Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
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Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
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To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
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Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
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Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
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Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
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Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.
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comp. of Able.
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Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.
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Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things.
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Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
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Not able or likely to succeed.
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Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable.
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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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superl. of Able.
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