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abilité (1312)
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The form ableté is a cross reference to the following entry:

abilité (1312)

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abilitee,  abilitie,  habilité,  habilitee;  ableté  
  FEW:  habilis 4,366a Gdf:  habilité 4,392a GdfC: ∅ TL: abilité 1,49 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  ableté  / habilité  TLF:  habilité  OED:  ability n.  / hability n.  MED:  abilite n.  DMLBS:  habilitas 1125a

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1ability, competence: 
( 1372 )  pur les honestee et abilitee queux a nous sont recordez de la persone de […]  GAUNT1 i 185
( s.xvin )  […] covenable salarie prendre solonc lour abilitee a overer en mesme l’artifice  YMB i 56
( 1410-15; MS: c.1415-20 )  solonque soun abilité (Latin: secundum eius abilitatem)  SAMPS1 418
2lawcapacity to inherit: 
( 1312 )  Il ad accepté la persone able […] et soun respouns mounte a taunt q’il est bastard q’est contrariaunt a l’abilité  YBB Ed II xii 187
( 1340 )  vous […] deistes qe mesme cely J., par my qi vous clamastez, fut mulieré, nyent dedisant donqes ableté en la persone E.  YBB 14 Ed III 59
( 1397 )  l’abilité et legitimation  Rot Parl1 iii 343
( 1421 )  Le roi nostre tressoveraigne seignur,[...] ad ordeignee, grauntee, et acceptee, qe Thomas Mountagu deinz ceste peticioun nomé, soit heir de sange, et eit noune et habilité de heir, honour, estat et dignité  Rot Parl1 iv 142
nun abilité
nunabilité
aver abilité
lawto be able, entitled: 
( 1425 )  per taunt q’il ad abilitie de aver astrier et meason  Readings i 7.23

See also:

inhabilité 
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