Crossword clues for ablest
ablest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abler \A"bler\, a., comp. of Able. -- A"blest, a., superl. of Able.
Able \A"ble\, a. [comp. Abler; superl. Ablest.] [OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit.]
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Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
A many man, to ben an abbot able.
--Chaucer. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; 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.
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Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
No man wrote abler state papers.
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(Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
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Able for, is Scotticism.
``Hardly able for such a march.''
--Robertson.Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: able)
Usage examples of "ablest".
Roger Minott Sherman was unquestionably the ablest lawyer in New England who never obtained distinction in political life, and, with the exception of Daniel Webster and Jeremiah Mason and Rufus Choate, the ablest New England ever produced.
He was, what is less generally remembered now, perhaps the ablest and most accomplished diplomatist ever in the public service of the United States.
Conspicuous among them was Marcus Morton, who had been Governor and one of our ablest Supreme Court judges, and his son, afterward Chief Justice, then just rising into distinction as a lawyer.
Shortly after I was admitted to the Bar, good fortune brought me at once into the largest practice in the great County of Worcester, although that Bar had always been, before and since, one of the ablest in the country.
He was supported by the powerful influence of Charles Sumner, then at the height of his popularity, and by Adin Thayer, the ablest political organizer in Massachusetts.
They were regarded as the ablest lawyers in the circuits where they dwelt.
By common consent of the entire profession they are among the ablest judges who ever sat on the Supreme Bench.
It contained some of the ablest and most influential men in the two Houses of Congress, representing different parts of the country.
Shellabarger of Ohio, the second member on the Committee, one of the ablest lawyers in the House, was in poor health.
Admiral Porter who, with one possible exception, was the ablest naval commander in our service.
He was one of the ablest lawyers and advocates New England ever produced, probably having no equal at the Bar of New England except Jeremiah Mason and Daniel Webster.
Walker, one of the ablest men ever born on the soil so productive of good and able men, was proposed as my competitor.
Perhaps, on the whole, the ablest of the colored men who served with me in Congress, although each of the gentlemen I have named deserves high commendation, was John R.
He was, in my judgment, the ablest administrative officer without an exception who has been in any executive department during my public life.
The ablest lawyers in the Senate, in general, pressed the claim of the insurance companies to the balance of the fund, including Mr.