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ablet

v.
A1 Beginner ablet

v. to be able to do something. You use this when you have the skill, power, or permission to complete a task.

v. to have the power, skill, means, or opportunity to do something. Often used in the passive voice to indicate capability or possibility.


Origin

From French ablet, ablette, a diminutive from Late Latin abula, for albula, diminutive of albus (“white”). Compare abele.

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