| Ablative |
| Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some
other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal,
separation, or taking away. |
| Ablative |
| The ablative case. |
| Ablaut |
| The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus
indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel
permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. |
| Ablaze |
| On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. |
| Ablaze |
| In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. |
| Able |
| Fit; adapted; suitable. |
| Able |
| 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. |
| Able |
| 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. |
| Able |
| Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as,
able to inherit or devise property. |
| Able |
| To make able; to enable; to strengthen. |
