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Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. acceptabilitas. ] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. “Acceptability of repentance.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. “The awful idea of accountability.” R. Hall.
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n. The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [ R. ] Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. admirabilitac. ] Admirableness. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Adorableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being advisable; advisableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. affabilitas: cf. F. affabilité. ] The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love. Elyot [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. agreablete. ]
n. Capability of being alienated. “The alienability of the domain.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. altérabilité. ] The quality of being alterable; alterableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. amabilitas. ] Lovableness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The New English Dictionary (Murray) says this word is “usefully distinct from Amiability.” [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every excellency is a degree of amiability. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. [ R. ] T. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being approachable; approachableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being assignable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being assimilable. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness. “The associability of feelings.” H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being attainable; attainableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Auto- + stability. ] (Mechanics) Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An aëroplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of self-operative mechanism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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☞ The word is sometimes used derogatively in the sense of “mere availableness, ” or capability of success without regard to worthiness. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was . . . nominated for his availability. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the quality of being easily damaged or destroyed.
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A capability to take a thousand views of a subject. H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Changeableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. commensurabilité. ] The quality of being commensurable. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. communicabilité. ] The quality of being communicable; capability of being imparted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being commutable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a similarity allowing comparison; an approximate equivalence.
n. Capability of being condensed. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. Capability of being confused. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Capability of being controlled; controllableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The state of being curable; curableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) The state or quality of being deflagrable. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) The state of being demisable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the trait of being dependable or reliable.
n. Deplorableness. Stormonth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness. [ 1913 Webster ]