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Definition of Abler

1. a. comp. of Able.

Definition of Abler

1. Adjective. (comparative of able) ¹

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Definition of Abler

1. able [adj] - See also: able

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abler

Literary usage of Abler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"Hence most of the work of the sub-committee was in the direction of considering what might be done to further the interests of the abler ..."

2. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1902)
"He is an abler man than he would have been without his special training. The manifestation of his ability need not be limited to any particular line of work ..."

3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"FELIX abler MARCUS AURELIUS [Address by Professor Felix Adler, lecturer and educator (born in Alzey, Germany, August 13, 1851; ), delivered before the ..."

4. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... the Mer tan is heir to the estate ; he is abler than his brother by ten years. The Spartan» to their highest magistrate The name uf elder did ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"Our subject is not yet exhausted ; but we leave the prosecution of it to abler hands. Much curious information is still to be derived, by the industrious ..."

6. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"... either ' and abler sort of his subjects, with their families, for themselves or others."—Ibid. p. 158. ¡resorted to the cities of London and West- ..."

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