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ification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior.

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

Avoidable.

ough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.

The quality or state of being incapable; incapability.

Not escapable.

Too capable. [R.] Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker.

Incapable. [Obs.] "Uncapable of conviction." Locke.

Not be escaped; inevitable. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

Capable of being abdicated.

ject; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Capable of being abolished.

mature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

Capable of being abrogated.

Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr.

To withdraw; to separate; to take away. He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. Sir W. Scott.

Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure.