incapable (occurs 6 times; not pre-S. in active senses; 1, 2, 3, and 4 are construed with “of”)
1.
unable to contain
Sonn. cxiii. 13
“ of
more.”
2.
insensible (to one's
condition)
Ham. IV. vii. 179
“incapable of her own
distress.”
3.
not admitting “of”
Cor. IV. vi. 121
“incapable of
help.”
4.
lacking the capacity
or fitness (for)
Tp. I. ii. 111
“of temporal royalties
He thinks me now ,”
Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 410
“ Of reasonable
affairs.”
5.
unintelligent
R3 II. ii. 18
“Incapable . . .
innocents.”
