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ables

ables is the third-person singular simple present indicative of able.

Meaning of able

Verb

able (third-person singular simple present ables, present participle abling, simple past and past participle abled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make ready.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make capable; to enable.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To dress.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To vouch for; to guarantee.
    • None does offend, none....I’ll able ’em.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Proper noun capitalized: Ables

Ables

  1. A surname.

Origin of ables

Derivative of Scots Abel (“son or servant of someone called Abel”). Possibly a respelling of German Abels.

Questions about ables

What does ables mean?
Ables means a surname.
What is ables the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ables is the third-person singular simple present indicative of able.
What part of speech is ables?
Ables is a proper noun.

Words near ables in the dictionary

  1. ablepsy
  2. ableptic
  3. ableptical
  4. abler
  5. Ablers
  6. ables
  7. ablesplain
  8. ablesplained
  9. ablesplaining
  10. ablesplains
  11. ablest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ables (page history and authors); Ables (page history and authors); able (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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