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cap of maintenance
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capability
capable
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capacity
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capable

ca·pa·ble [ káypəb'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. doing something well: good at a particular task or job or at a number of different things
a very capable hotel manager

2. able to do particular thing: possessing the qualities needed to do a particular thing
not capable of murder

3. liable to something: permitting or susceptible to something
an action capable of being misinterpreted

4. law legally competent: considered legally competent to do something

[Mid-16th century. Via French < late Latin capabilis< Latin capere "take"]

ca·pa·ble·ness noun
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