Ability to receive or contain; holding power. Obsolete (in general sense).

Containing power (of a vessel, etc. in reference to quantity); capacity.

gen. Capability of receiving, accommodating, or containing; capacity, size. Also figurative. Obsolete.

Containing area, space, or bulk; capacity; = content, n.1 5 6 Obsolete.

The quality of having room for any thing; ability to receive or contain. Cf. capacity, n. Obsolete.

Capacity for receiving.

transferred and figurative. Capacity, extent; dimensions, proportions. Chiefly in phrase to take the gauge of.

Capacity for receiving. Obsolete. rare.