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   Ca·pa·ble

   /ˈkāpəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing: "I'm quite capable of taking care of myself"
   • ▪ open to or admitting of something: "the strange events are capable of rational explanation"
   • 2. able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent: "she looked enthusiastic and capable"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘able to take in’, physically or mentally): from French, from late Latin capabilis, from Latin capere ‘take or hold’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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