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† ˈableness Obs.
Forms: 4 abilnesse, 4–7 ableness(e, 5 ablynesse, 5–6 ablenes, 6 hablenes(se.
[f. able a. + -ness.]
The quality of being able; ability.
c1390Chaucer Test. Love ii. 284/2 (1560) I wist well thine ablenes my service to further. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. (1495) xviii. xxv. 797 The wylde gote hath ablynesse and lyghtnesse to renne. 1489Caxton Faytes of Armes i. x. 28 They saw hem with theyre ablenes of body. 1535Coverdale 2 Cor. iii. 5 Oure ablenesse commeth of God. 1548Geste Preuee Masse 72 More or less, according to his hablenes. 1610Healey Augustine's City of God i. x. 17 It taught them a sparing dyet and ablenesse to faste. 1642Rogers Naaman 440 The Prophets ablenesse to heale him. |