ables
SayAY-buhlz/ˈeɪ.bl̩z/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of able. The verb is archaic; enables is the usual word today.
Note
A present-tense form of a verb that has fallen out of use: every meaning of able as a verb is obsolete. The verb always took an object, so ables needs one too. It could mean making someone ready or capable, dressing them, confirming a claim, or vouching for a person. Today enables does the empowering work, and outside older writing ables is likely to read as a slip for it.
ables is a form of able
- Spelling
- able → ables: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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