capable

Adjective

1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
   • She is capable and efficient.
   • He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
   • As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
2. Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
   • The place chosen was the cathedral church, capable of about 400 persons. - 1672, Lord Herbert, The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, page 594:
   • [...] deſignation only to thoſe things, which have parts, and are capable of increaſe or diminution [...] - 1695, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, page 108:
   • Again, I farther obſerve, that as man is a compound being, ſo this renders him capable of ſeveral diſtinct kinds of pleaſure [...] - 1754, Thomas Chubb, A Collection of Tracts on Various Subjects, volume 2, page 43: