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    [Adjective]  | "able" | \ ˈā-bəl \


    1: having sufficient power, skill, or resources to do something

    2: having the freedom or opportunity to do something

    3: having a quality or nature that makes something possible : susceptible to some action or treatment


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English able, abill, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin habilis "easily handled or adjusted, adaptable," from habēre "to have, hold" + -ilis, alteration (by haplology before labial consonants) of -ibilis {see: |-ible|-able} {mat|give:1|};

    [Adjective]  | "able-bod*ied" | \ ˌā-bəl-ˈbä-dēd \


    1: having a sound strong body


    Origin: 1600 ;

    [Adjective suffix]  | "-able" 


    1: capable of, fit for, or worthy of (being so acted upon or toward) —chiefly in adjectives derived from verbs

    2: tending, given, or liable to


    Origin: 

     Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French and Middle French, going back to Latin -ābilis, -ibilis, from -ā-, -i- (thematic vowels of various conjugations of verbs) + -bilis "capable (of acting) or worthy of (being acted upon)," going back to pre-Latin *-dhl-is, adjective suffix formed from the instrumental noun suffix *-dhl-om (whence Latin -bulum);

    [Noun]  | "able-bodied seaman" 


    1: able seaman


    Origin: 1708 ;

    [Noun]  | "able seaman" 


    1: an experienced deck-department seaman qualified to perform routine duties at sea


    Origin: 1657 ;

    [Adjective]  | "able" 


    1: having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance;


      * e.g., " ... looking for an able and reliable assistant "





    [Adjective]  | "able-bodied" 


    1: enjoying health and vigor;


      * e.g., " ... every able-bodied young man in the village had been sent off to fight in the war "





    [Noun]  | "able seaman" 


    1: as in lubber, able-bodied seaman;


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    [Noun]  | "able seamen" 


    1: as in lubbers, able-bodied seamen;


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    [Noun]  | "able-bodied seaman" 


    1: as in lubber, able seaman;


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    [Noun]  | "able-bodied seamen" 


    1: as in lubbers, able seamen;


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     [ "able" ]

    1: what you say when theres an acward silence

      * e.g.,  ... ummmm ABLE 

     [ "able" ]

    1: large in size, an abundance, huge, big. used as an adjective.

      * e.g.,  ... That child got an able head! 

     [ "able" ]

    1: somthing you say to someone to make them run to their mom and cry like a little bitch

      * e.g.,  ... "shoot i said able dont tell mom"said friend 

     [ "ABL" ]

    1: Acronym for Absolute Bloody Legend. Can be used to describe someone who you think is ridiculous, or genuinely admire. Context sensitive.

      * e.g.,  ... he/she's a total ABL. 

     [ "Ables" ]

    1: A legendary name given to the man who fought alongside Abraham Lincoln during the Battle of Little Big Horn. It is said that a man carrying this name would have only one known weakness, triceps. When approached by an "Ables" try not to look him in the eyes he has been known to steal souls.

      * e.g.,  ...  Did you hear that "Ables" killed a gorilla last week. 

     [ "ABL" ]

    1: ABL is an acronym for 'Anything But Lazy'. The words - Anything but Lazy are part of Logic's (the rapper) song : Paradise

      * e.g.,  ... We're gonna make this happen coz we're ABL I'm ABL! Even you can become ABL. 

     [ "Able" ]

    1:  Not disabled.

      * e.g.,  ... Able: Can I have a pop? 


     [ "Able" ]

    2:  A walking, seeing, breathing, talking, hearing human.

      * e.g.,  ... Gimp: Alright able, walk over there and grab one. 


     [ "Able" ]

    3:  A person of perfect health.

     [ "Able" ]

    1: grafitti artist located it Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Part of the ACL.

      * e.g.,  ... Check out that throw up by able 

     [ "abl" ]

    1:  ABL

      * e.g.,  ... Hater: "Denver is gonna wipe the floor with Lakers." 


     [ "abl" ]

    2: Anybody But Lakers syndrome

      * e.g.,  ... Fan: "Don't worry about him, he just suffers from ABL." 


     [ "abl" ]

    3: A syndrome that occurs, usually in or around the month of May where a Laker hater jumps onto the band wagon of any and every team that the Los Angeles Lakers face. The band wagon jumping is usually accompanied by loudly proclaiming that the opposing team (and/or its individual players) is the second coming, and a lock to defeat Kobe and company.

      * e.g.,  ... The Very Same Hater, just 10 days later: "Utah is the truth. They're just too physical for the Lakers. Utah ftw!" 

     [ "Able" ]

    1: she is the most sweetest person u will ever meet she also has a bad side. She is hella smart she will know the question before u ask it. she is hella loyal but she is very she is high tempered don't mess with her or u will regret it. She will always love u no matter what. If u have able u are so hella lucky. She is also a hacker she loves snoozing. Able are like Benitoite rare. If u have a able keep them

      * e.g.,  ... Able is so Sweet 

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