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| ca·pa·ble [ káypəb'l ] |
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1. doing something well: good at a particular task or job or at a number of different things
  a very capable hotel manager
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2. able to do particular thing: possessing the qualities needed to do a particular thing
not capable of murder
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3. liable to something: permitting or susceptible to something
an action capable of being misinterpreted
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4. law legally competent: considered legally competent to do something
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French < late Latin capabilis< Latin capere "take"] |
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| ca·pa·ble·ness noun |
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