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abilitie

abilitie is the obsolete spelling of ability.

Meaning of ability

Noun

ability (countable and uncountable, plural abilities)

  1. (obsolete) Suitableness.
  2. (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
    • This phone has the ability to have its software upgraded wirelessly.
  3. The legal wherewithal to act.
    • The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68
  4. (now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
  5. (archaic) Financial ability.
  6. (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.

See all 7 meanings of ability

Forms of abilitie

pluralabilities

Questions about abilitie

What is abilitie the obsolete spelling of?
Abilitie is the obsolete spelling of ability.

Words near abilitie in the dictionary

  1. abiliment
  2. abiliments
  3. abilism
  4. abilitation
  5. abilitations
  6. abilitie
  7. abilities
  8. abilities to pay
  9. abilitude
  10. ability
  11. ability grouping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abilitie (page history and authors); ability (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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