Index of English words, starting with "ab"

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

(1) - Able-bodied (a.) Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.

(1) - Ablegate (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.
(2) - Ablegate (v. t.) To send abroad.