Able Synonyms & Definitions

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• AbleDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (superl.) Fit; adapted; suitable.
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.
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.
4. (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
5. (a.) To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
6. (a.) To vouch for.

• AblegateDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To send abroad.
2. (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.