Definition of Ability

Abdomen

ABILITY noun

	The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. Perhaps, however, this impressive quality is rightly appraised; it is no easy task to be solemn.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

ABILITY:
??b?l?t? n. (pl. -ies) 1 (often foll. by to + infin.) capacity or power (has the ability to write songs). 2 cleverness, talent; mental power (a person of great ability; has many abilities). [ME f. OF ablete f. L habilitas -tatis f. habilis able]

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