able

Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

She is able to lift the box without assistance.

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.

In a democratic world you'd be able to say what you thought wherever you were.

I'll see you as soon as I'm able.

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.

The chairman was also an able sailor.

Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus. […] And yet he [Septimus Severus] was the Ableſt Emperour, almoſt, of all the Liſt.

Legally qualified or competent.

He is able to practice law in six states.

Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.

To make ready.

To make capable; to enable.

To dress.

To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.

To vouch for; to guarantee.

None does offend, none....I’ll able ’em.

The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.