the world > action or operation > ability > be able to [verb (intransitive)] > is or are able to or capable of (4)
Expressing ability or power; be able, can. Obsolete.
Expressing potentiality, capacity, or sufficiency: can, may, be able to, be capable of ——ing; is (large) enough or sufficient to.
figurative. Of a thing: could, might. Cf. sense 17. Obsolete.