Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to able
Participle: abled
Gerund: abling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | able |
| you | able |
| he;she;it | ables |
| we | able |
| you | able |
| they | able |
Perfect
| I | have abled |
| you | have abled |
| he;she;it | has abled |
| we | have abled |
| you | have abled |
| they | have abled |
Past
| I | abled |
| you | abled |
| he;she;it | abled |
| we | abled |
| you | abled |
| they | abled |
Pluperfect
| I | had abled |
| you | had abled |
| he;she;it | had abled |
| we | had abled |
| you | had abled |
| they | had abled |
Future
| I | will able |
| you | will able |
| he;she;it | will able |
| we | will able |
| you | will able |
| they | will able |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abled |
| you | will have abled |
| he;she;it | will have abled |
| we | will have abled |
| you | will have abled |
| they | will have abled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | able |
| you | able |
| he;she;it | able |
| we | able |
| you | able |
| they | able |
Perfect
| I | have abled |
| you | have abled |
| he;she;it | have abled |
| we | have abled |
| you | have abled |
| they | have abled |
Imperfect
| I | abled |
| you | abled |
| he;she;it | abled |
| we | abled |
| you | abled |
| they | abled |
Pluperfect
| I | had abled |
| you | had abled |
| he;she;it | had abled |
| we | had abled |
| you | had abled |
| they | had abled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would able |
| you | would able |
| he;she;it | would able |
| we | would able |
| you | would able |
| they | would able |
Perfect
| I | would have abled |
| you | would have abled |
| he;she;it | would have abled |
| we | would have abled |
| you | would have abled |
| they | would have abled |
Imperative
| you | able |
| we | Let's able |
| you | able |
Verbs conjugated like 'able'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'able'
amble,
cable,
dable,
fable,
table,
ab,
abase,
abate,
abet,
abide,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1365, from O.Fr.
(h)able, from L.
habilis "easily handled, apt," verbal adj. from
habere "to hold" (see habit). "Easy to be held," hence "fit for a purpose." The silent
h- was dropped in Eng. and resisted academic attempts to restore it 16c.-17c., but some derivatives acquired it (e.g.
habiliment, habilitate), via Fr.
Able-bodied first attested 1622.
"Able-whackets - A popular sea-game with cards, in which the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief tightly twisted like a rope. Very popular with horny-fisted sailors." [Smyth, "Sailor's Word-Book," 1867]
2. From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).
Sample Sentences
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None does offend, none....I’ll able ’em. [c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:]
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I might be able to go.
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I have been able to go, since I was seven.
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I had been able to go before.
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I will be able to go tomorrow.