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▸ adjective:  Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
▸ adjective:  Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
▸ adjective:  Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
▸ adjective:  (law) Legally qualified or competent.
▸ adjective:  (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Easy to use.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Suitable; competent.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete, dialectal) Liable to.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To make ready.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To dress.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee.
▸ noun:  (military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.
▸ noun:  (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter A.
▸ noun:  A surname.

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