ABLED
What does "ABLED" mean?
Having a particular set of physical or mental abilities, especially as contrasted with disability.
Meanings
- Possessing physical or mental capacities, often in compounds like 'differently abled' or 'able-bodied'. The ramp ensures the building works for differently abled visitors too.
- Past tense of 'able': made possible or capable (now rare as a standalone verb). The grant abled the clinic to stay open another year. archaic
Word origin
From 'able', via Old French 'able/hable', from Latin 'habilis' ('easy to handle, apt'), from 'habere' (to have or hold), plus the past-participle ending '-ed'.
Remember it
ABLED is ABLE with a D - the D for the capacities you 'Did' have.
A little poem
We draw a line and call one side the whole,
as if a body were the measure of a soul.
couplet
What it teaches
Ability is a borrowed word; everyone is only temporarily abled.
Quick facts
What does ABLED mean?
Having a particular set of physical or mental abilities, especially as contrasted with disability.
Is ABLED a valid word?
Yes — ABLED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ABLED?
ABLED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does ABLED come from?
From 'able', via Old French 'able/hable', from Latin 'habilis' ('easy to handle, apt'), from 'habere' (to have or hold), plus the past-participle ending '-ed'.
What can ABLED teach us?
Ability is a borrowed word; everyone is only temporarily abled.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.