Capableness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Capableness \Ca"pa*ble*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being capable; capability;
     adequateness; competency.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  capableness
       n 1: an aptitude that may be developed [syn: {capability}, {potentiality}]
            [ant: {incapability}]
       2: the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually
          or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability"
          [syn: {capability}] [ant: {incapability}, {incapability}]