capablenessn.
The quality or condition of being capable (in various senses); capability.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [noun]
speed971
mightOE
ferec1175
evenc1225
powerc1300
possibilityc1385
actualitya1398
actualnessa1398
mowing?a1425
virtuality1483
cana1500
canning1549
reach1556
capability1587
strain1593
capableness1594
ablesse1598
fathoma1616
dacity1636
factivitya1643
capacity1647
range1695
span1805
quality1856
faculty1859
octane1989
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > resources > undeveloped
capableness1594
capability1777
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > to be acted upon
capacity1659
capableness1731
capability1794
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [noun] > capacity for development
potentiality1625
potency1644
susceptibility1644
susception1656
capacity1659
capableness1731
capability1794
achievability1909
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iii. 27 Wherevnto these ventricles serue, and their large or narrow capablenesse for the reasonable soule, all shall be told by vs.
1613 S. Hieron Baptizing of Eunuch in Wks. (1620) I. 289 Where there is no capablenesse of faith, there ought to bee no baptisme.
1617 tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. (new ed.) xv. 261 So it [sc. the mind] should euermore haue brought the ability and capablenesse of it into act.
1680 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue 7 She there examined his capableness for business.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Appeasableness, capableness of being pacified.
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