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able adj. (1 occurs six times, 2 once)
1. strong, vigorous, active All'sW. IV. v, 87, 2H4 I. i. 43, Ham. V. ii. 211.
2. talented, clever Sonn. lxxxv. 7 “that able spirit.”
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 5.2
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnets, lxxxv
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