† unhabileadj.
Obsolete.
= inhabile adj., unable adj.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > unfit or unqualified
indisposedc1449
unabled1497
unhabile1539
unqualified1556
inabilitate1577
incapable1651
inhabile1727
1539 Elyot in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 117 Nowe al~thowgh very unmeete and unhabile, I have servyd the King..truely and faithfully.
1567 Sc. Acts, Mary (1814) II. 573/1 Decerning thairfore..his posteritie to be fra thine furth unhabile to bruik offices..within this Realme.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. ii. Rule 2 §14 The offending person is bound in Conscience not to accept a benefice..to which by that censure he is made unhabile and unapt.
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adj.1539- go a-madding
- go a-missing
- go a-nutting
- go a-on madding
- go a-roguing
- go a-rushing
- go a-setting
- go a-shroving
- go a-soldiering
- go a-souling
- go a-straying
- go a-walking
- go abegged
- go about
- go about one's business
- go above one's ground
- go above or beyond one's latchet
- go abroad
- go according to plan
- go acousining
- go adieu
- go adown
- go adown to work
- go afairing
- go afishing