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Webster 1913 Edition
Ableness
A′ble-ness
,Noun.
Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.
[Obs. or R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Ableness
A'BLENESS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
ableness
ableness
English
Noun
ableness (usually uncountable, plural ablenesses)
- (uncountable, now rare) Ability of body or mind; power; force; vigor. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- (countable) The state of being able.
References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5