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English landscape architect
Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, a notable figure
Capability_Brown
Village in Northumberland, England
A696 and B6342 roads. It is famous as the birthplace of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the early eighteenth century, Britain's most celebrated landscape
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Capability
Painting by Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Portrait of Capability Brown is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the English artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland, from 1769. It depicts the renowned landscape
Portrait_of_Capability_Brown
Style of garden
to recreate an idyllic pastoral landscape. The work of Lancelot "Capability" Brown was particularly influential. By the end of the 18th century the English
English_landscape_garden
Private estate in England, partly rewilding
completed design for parkland and lakes by celebrated landscape architect Capability Brown (1716–1783). The land and buildings for Wilderness Reserve have been
Wilderness_Reserve
Historic house in London, England
architect Capability Brown, who was appointed Chief Gardener at Hampton Court Palace by George III and moved into Wilderness House. Brown lived there
Wilderness_House
Complex of formal gardens in Northumberland, England
laid down in 1750 by the 1st Duke of Northumberland, who employed Capability Brown, the celebrated Northumberland gardener, to landscape the parkland
Alnwick_Garden
Country estate in Bedfordshire, England
employed gardeners and landscape architects, including Lancelot "Capability" Brown, to develop the estate further. The current house was built by Thomas
Wrest_Park
Historic home in Euston, England
Euston Hall is a country house, with park by William Kent and Capability Brown, in Euston, a small village in Suffolk, England, just south of Thetford
Euston_Hall
Country house in the United Kingdom
in extensive grounds which include a garden designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. It is adjacent to the village of Derry Hill, halfway between Calne
Bowood_House
Type of recessed barrier
William Kent and was an essential component of the "swept" views of Capability Brown. Horace Walpole credits Bridgeman with the invention of the ha-ha but
Ha-ha
Country house in Wiltshire, England
parts of the grounds, including the kitchen garden, were laid out by Capability Brown between 1764 and about 1770, commissioned by Thomas Brudenell-Bruce
Tottenham_House
Country House in Elmbridge, Surrey
demolish the house and commissioned Capability Brown to build the present Palladian mansion on higher and dryer ground. Brown, more accomplished as a landscape
Claremont_(country_house)
Country house
removed and replaced with a landscaped parkland designed by Lancelot Capability Brown, the whole enclosed by a 10ft wall and encompassing a meadow, orchard
Denham_Place,_Buckinghamshire
British entrepreneur (born 1953)
Wyatt; its garden was designed by noted 18th century landscape artist Capability Brown and is being restored by Kim Wilkie. The project is expected to require
Jon_Hunt
Medieval castle in Warwickshire, England
him the Gothic interior of the chapel. Lancelot "Capability" Brown had been on hand since 1749. Brown, who was still head gardener at Stowe at the time
Warwick_Castle
Castle in Northumberland, England
park straddling the River Aln, which was landscaped by Lancelot Brown ("Capability Brown") and Thomas Call in the 18th century; it is known locally as the
Alnwick_Castle
Country house in Hampshire, England
1679 and largely renovated during the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The 5,000-acre (2,000-hectare) estate is in Highclere
Highclere_Castle
Country house in Romsey
architectural "transformation" of the house and garden was begun by Capability Brown, the celebrated architect and landscape designer, and completed by
Broadlands
Country house in Worcestershire, England
and park were designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown for George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, and they were Brown's first landscape design and first major
Croome_Court
Volume 3 (1925)". pp. 302–313. Retrieved 14 July 2014. Brown, Jane 2012 “Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: The Omnipotent Magician, 1716-1783”, p. 161. Online
Stoke_Place
Historic house museum in West Berkshire, England
Basildon Park is a country house situated 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon
Basildon_Park
18th-century mansion in Warwickshire, England
more than 120 acres (0.49 km2) of parkland landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in 1769. The house and its 5,079-acre (20.55 km2) estate was sold
Compton_Verney_House
Grade I listed country house in Corsham, England
Corsham Court is a 16th-century country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham, Wiltshire
Corsham_Court
House and estate in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England
of two geniuses of 18th-century landscape architecture, Lancelot "Capability" Brown and Humphry Repton, who designed in 1792 the landscape that can be
Stoke_Park,_Buckinghamshire
Country house and estate in England
laid out by Mr Guilliam 1701–14, and the park laid out 1760–63 by Capability Brown. Although still owned by the Cartwright family, the estate was leased
Aynhoe_Park
Country house in Gloucestershire, England
Badminton House is a large country house and Grade I listed building in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England. It has been the principal seat of the Dukes
Badminton_House
Country house in Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England
building, and the parkland, designed by landscape architect Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, and gardens are Grade II listed together. The house and grounds are
Langley_Park,_Buckinghamshire
Country house and former royal residence
loan from the Braybrooke family. The park, which was landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century, includes a temple, a parterre garden, an organic
Audley_End_House
English politician, artist, and author (1932–2020)
house set in Wiltshire parkland landscaped in the 18th century by Capability Brown. After attending Ludgrove School and Eton College, he joined the Life
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
Alexander_Thynn,_7th_Marquess_of_Bath
English country house in Warwickshire
Scotland. London: HarperCollins. pp. 168–169. Capability Brown website. Online reference Capability Brown website. Online reference Coombe Abbey hotel
Coombe_Abbey
Grade I listed mansion
re-landscaping the grounds from plans drawn-up by John Speyers, working with Capability Brown. This plan removed the more formal aspect of the garden to create a
Woodchester_Mansion
Stately home in Wiltshire, England
Longleat is set in 1,000 acres (400 ha) of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, along with 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of let farmland and 4,000 acres
Longleat
Country house in Heveningham, Suffolk, England
both the house and ground including the implementation of plans by Capability Brown for 500 acres (200 ha) of parkland and lakes that had never been realised
Heveningham_Hall
National Trust owned landscape garden in East Sussex, England
Sussex, England. It was originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown, and further developed as a woodland garden in the early 20th century
Sheffield_Park_and_Garden
House with park in West London, England
and interior designer Robert Adam and landscape designer Lancelot "Capability" Brown to redesign the house and estate. Work began on the interior reconstruction
Syon_House
Country house in Oxfordshire, England
remained relatively unchanged until the arrival of Capability Brown in 1764. The 4th Duke employed Brown who immediately began an English landscape garden
Blenheim_Palace
Manor house and keep in Kent, England
Thomas Heron (who acquired the estate from Colebrooke's son Robert), Capability Brown made further recommendations for change, some of which were implemented
Chilham_Castle
Stately home and estate in Althorp, England
1998, p. 31. Spencer 1998, p. 30. Bibliography Brown, Jane (3 March 2011). Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, 1716–1783: The Omnipotent Magician. Random House
Althorp
Area of land planted with grasses and similar plants
entered a golden age, under the direction of William Kent and Lancelot "Capability" Brown. They refined the English landscape garden style with the design of
Lawn
Stately home near Liverpool, England
English Heritage at Grade II. The park was landscaped in the 1770s by "Capability" Brown, who flooded a 62 acres (25 ha) lake to feed the water-gardens around
Knowsley_Hall
Prodigy house in Wiltshire, England
laid out with avenues and rides. Landscaping advice was sought from Capability Brown around 1777. However, Jacob, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1749–1828), employed
Longford_Castle
Country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
grand and richly furnished state apartments. Its park was laid out by Capability Brown. The house is on the boundary of the civil parishes of Barnack and
Burghley_House
Botanic garden in London, England
until the appointment of the first collector, Francis Masson, in 1771. Capability Brown, who became England's most renowned landscape architect, applied for
Kew_Gardens
Area in Cambridge, England
Lancelot ("Capability") Brown (1716–1783), who laid out a "wilderness" on the college side of Queen's Road which still exists today. In 1779, Brown presented
The_Backs
Grade I listed historic house museum in Northumberland, England
Wallington is a country house and gardens located about 12 miles (19 km) west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England, about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south-southeast
Wallington_Hall
Village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England
added the Keeper's lodge, pheasantry and a cottage in 1868. Lancelot "Capability" Brown laid out the grounds. Astrop was the site of a famous Spa discovered
King's_Sutton
Grade I listed historic house in Warwickshire, England
Ragley Hall in the parish of Arrow in Warwickshire is a stately home, located south of Alcester and eight miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It
Ragley_Hall
British landscape designer
of the English landscape garden, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown. His style is thought of as the precursor of the more intricate and
Humphry_Repton
Stately home in Bedfordshire, England
Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States. Vol. 3. Little, Brown. p. 394. Attribution: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Woburn" . Encyclopædia
Woburn_Abbey
Country house in Suffolk, England
Ickworth House is a country house at Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It is a neoclassical building set in parkland. The house was the
Ickworth_House
Country house in Petworth, West Sussex
J. M. W. Turner. It also has an expansive deer park, landscaped by Capability Brown, which contains a large herd of fallow deer. The manor of Petworth
Petworth_House
Welsh-born British noblewoman and podcaster
Shooting: A Season of Discovery (2012), co-written with Jane Pruden; Capability Brown & Belvoir: Discovering a Lost Landscape (2015), co-written with Jane
Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland
Emma_Manners,_Duchess_of_Rutland
Country house in Gloucestershire, England
developed the estate. The grounds of 240 ha were laid out around 1764 by Capability Brown and were modified in 1793 by William Emes and John Webb. The main house
Dodington_Park
Country house in Derbyshire, England
the 1st Duke's formal gardens with a more natural look, designed by Capability Brown, which he helped bring into fashion. The house holds major collections
Chatsworth_House
Urban park in London, England
of the manor. The park had been landscaped in the 18th century by Capability Brown when the lake was formed by constructing a dam across a brook that
Wimbledon_Park
Country house in Cumbria, England
Experiences Collection. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Giles Brown, New head gardener for Lowther Castle. Cumbriacrack, 17/05/2022 "Lake District
Lowther_Castle
18th-century Palladian house
set in 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of parkland, landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown, with views over the gardens to the Chiltern Hills. The house was
Kirtlington_Park
16th century house in Dorset, England
present castle gardens. Features include the 1753 lake designed by Capability Brown, which separates the old and new castles. The ruins of the old castle
Sherborne_Castle
English country house in Himley, Staffordshire
Its park and garden, which were extended in the 1770s by Lancelot "Capability" Brown, are Grade II listed with the National Register of Historic Parks
Himley_Hall
Country house in Oxfordshire, England
Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt. Interiors were designed by James Stuart and Capability Brown designed the landscaped grounds. It is a Grade II* listed building
Nuneham_House
Country house in Bedfordshire, England
was remodelled by Sir William Chambers and the grounds landscaped by Capability Brown. On the death of Lord Upper Ossory on 13 February 1818, Ampthill Park
Ampthill_Park
Country house in Lincolnshire, England
(12 km2) park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown. While Grimsthorpe is not a castle in the strict sense of the word
Grimsthorpe_Castle
Theme park in Hampshire, England
covering 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares), was modelled and designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The house was a hotel from around 1945 to 1954
Paultons_Park
Country house in Stainborough, South Yorkshire, England
favour of an open, rolling "naturalistic" landscape in the manner of Capability Brown. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford planted avenues of trees in
Wentworth_Castle
British socialite
December 2024. British Gardens in Time: The Greatest Garden Makers from Capability Brown to Christopher Lloyd, Katie Campbell, Quarto Publishing Group U.S.A
Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse
Anne_Parsons,_Countess_of_Rosse
Country house in Cambridgeshire, England
Kimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
Kimbolton_Castle
Country house in Buckinghamshire, England
the 1740s the probable architect being either Henry Flitcroft or 'Capability' Brown. The Stowe House Preservation Trust are currently[when?] fundraising
Stowe_House
Historic building in Bristol, England, UK
Kings Weston House (grid reference ST529771) is a historic building in Kings Weston Lane, Kingsweston, Bristol, England. Built during the early 18th century
Kings_Weston_House
Country house in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England
these proved too expensive and in 1773 were revised by George Ingham. Capability Brown was then brought in and undertook extensive earth-moving and tree planting
New_Wardour_Castle
House in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
leading down to a lake. Fifty years later William Pitt the Elder and Capability Brown improved the landscape, creating pleasure grounds with two lakes. After
Wotton_House
Area of central London, England
Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that lies within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and largely
Holland_Park
Public park in Munich
century to the early 19th century and particularly associated with Capability Brown. When the Elector of Bavaria Maximilian III Joseph, the last ruler
Englischer_Garten
18th-century country house at Sandleford in the English county of Berkshire
building in 54 acres (22 ha) of Grade II listed parkland landscaped by Capability Brown. It was mostly erected around the old priory buildings between 1780
Sandleford Priory (country house)
Sandleford_Priory_(country_house)
Country estate near Cambridge, England
1764, and his wife Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness de Grey employed Capability Brown to improve the grounds of the estate, after he had worked for the couple
Wimpole_Estate
Prodigy house in East Riding of Yorkshire
The hall, a Grade I listed building, is set in a park designed by Capability Brown with an area of 300 acres (1.2 km2). It is located 3 miles (5 km) south-east
Burton_Constable_Hall
Historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England
Walk, a three-mile route through areas originally designed by Sir Capability Brown. Proceeds from the event support the hospice, which provides care for
Belvoir_Castle
Country house in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
rebuilt in Strawberry Hill Gothic in 1760 to designs by John Chute. Lancelot Brown was commissioned for a visit and a survey of the estate in 1763 for £35
Chalfont_Park
Forest in Wiltshire, England
Canal under the estate is named after him. He employed Lancelot 'Capability' Brown to plant great beech avenues in Savernake Forest, which was then some
Savernake_Forest
Country house in Warwickshire, England
The lands immediately adjoining the house were further landscaped by Capability Brown in about 1760. This resulted in Charlecote becoming a hostelry destination
Charlecote_Park
18th-century English Baroque country house on the Isle of Wight
17-year-old Seymour Fleming, whom he married "for love and £80,000". Capability Brown was commissioned in 1779 to design the ornamental grounds at the same
Appuldurcombe_House
English country house in Hertfordshire
Wrotham Park (pronounced /ˈruːtəm/, ROO-təm) is a neo-Palladian English country house in the parish of South Mimms, Hertfordshire. It lies south of the
Wrotham_Park
Stately home in England, UK
Devonshire. He greatly improved the seat, and reputedly commissioned Capability Brown to landscape the grounds (though evidence for this is lacking). In
Ingress_Abbey
English landscape gardens in Buckinghamshire
landscape garden. Designed by Charles Bridgeman, William Kent, and Capability Brown, the gardens changed from a baroque park to a natural landscape garden
Stowe_Gardens
Grade II listed country house in Wales
occupants. The deer park which surrounds the property was landscaped by Capability Brown in 1775. The surrounding woodland consists mainly of oak and wych elm
Newton_House,_Llandeilo
Village in Cambridgeshire, England
Lancelot "Capability" Brown, the famous landscape gardener, bought the Lordship of the Manor of Fenstanton and Hilton from the Earl of Northampton. Brown and
Fenstanton
Tudor-Jacobean house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown. The house is a Grade I listed building, one of eight Leeds Museums
Temple_Newsam
Estate and gardens in England
park and garden. The gardens were designed as a serpentine park by Capability Brown from 1758 onwards, overlying an earlier formal design attributed to
Trentham_Estate
Cistercian abbey in South Yorkshire, England
Scarborough enlisted the talents of Capability Brown. With an astonishing[according to whom?] disregard for history, Brown demolished buildings, built large
Roche_Abbey
Grade II listed manor house in Kiddington, Oxfordshire, England
England. Kiddington Hall was built in 1673, and in the 18th century "Capability" Brown laid out the gardens. The Reverend Thomas Warton, a fellow of Trinity
Kiddington_Hall
Suburb of Derby, England
Darley Abbey is a former historic mill village, now a suburb of the city of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England. It is located approximately
Darley_Abbey
Folly in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England
the day) to design the folly in 1751, to then have it later built by Capability Brown in 1769. The folly is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List
Wimpole's_Folly
Grade I listed Georgian country house
furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is the ancestral home of the Sykes family and is located in the
Sledmere_House
Village and civil parish in England
Country Life. Retrieved 12 January 2026. "Capability Brown's account book on the RHS website". "Capability Brown Festival". Archived from the original on
Adderbury
Mansion in Hertfordshire, England
1752 the house was bought by Admiral Lord Anson, who commissioned Capability Brown to remake the formal gardens in sweeping "landscape style" with a small
Moor_Park_(house)
Estate and stately home on the southern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire
Beaudesert was an estate and stately home on the southern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. It was one of the family seats of the Paget family, the
Beaudesert,_Cannock_Chase
Estate near Wrexham
renamed it the Wynnstay Estate. The gardens were laid out by Capability Brown. Wynnstay was Brown's largest commission in Wales, work beginning in 1774 and
Wynnstay
Garden structure in Wiltshire, England
combined work of two major English architects, it was designed by Capability Brown and subsequently remodelled by John Nash. It is a Grade I listed building
Bath_House_at_Corsham_Court
Former country house in Shropshire, England
between Wolverhampton and Telford, set within a park landscaped by Capability Brown, on the site of a medieval castle of the same name. The original castle
Tong_Castle
CAPABILITY BROWN
CAPABILITY BROWN
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Decorum; Decency; Competence; Worth; Capability; Merit
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Brown (colour name).
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Brown; Colour Name; Russet-complected
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Capability; Power
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Strength; Capability; Courage
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English : patronymic from Mann 1 and 2.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó MainnÃn ‘descendant of MainnÃn’, probably an assimilated form of MainchÃn, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó MaingÃn and Anglicized as Mangan.Anstice Manning, widow of Richard Manning of Dartmouth, England, came to MA with her children in 1679. Her great-great-grandson Robert, born at Salem, MA, in 1784, was the uncle and protector of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Another early bearer of the relatively common British name was Jeffrey Manning, one of the earliest settlers in Piscataway township, Middlesex Co., NJ. His great-grandson James Manning (1738–91) was a founder and the first president of Rhode Island College (Brown University).
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English : variant of Brunson.John Brownson or Bronson was one of the original settlers of Hartford, CT, in 1635.
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English : from the Middle English and Old English personal name Brūning, originally a patronymic from the byname Brūn (see Brown).This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
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Jewish (American) : Americanized form of an ornamental compound, Braunfeld, from German braun ‘brown’ + Feld ‘field’.English : variant of Broomfield.
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English : variant of Brownlee.
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English : habitational name from any of several places in Cumbria named Brownrigg, from Old English brūn ‘brown’ + hrycg ‘ridge’.
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Capability. Power.
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English : habitational name from places in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, and Staffordshire named Brownlow, all probably from Old English brÅ«n ‘brown’ + Old English hlÄw ‘hill’, ‘mound’.
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English : habitational name from any of various places called Brownell, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire, from Old English brūn ‘brown’ + hyll ‘hill’.Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, in about 1650.
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One's masculine power; capability.
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From damh “deer†and the diminutive -in it means “little deer.â€
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pl.
of Capability
n.
Capability of being educated.
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Capability of being cheated.
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Capability of being controlled.
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Capability of fermentation.
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Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office.
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Capability of motion; contractility.
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Capability of being condensed.
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Capacity of being used or improved.
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Capability of being confused.
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Capability of being mixed.
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Capability of being persuaded.
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Capability of being exhausted.
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The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.
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Capability of endurance.
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Capability of deceiving.
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Capability of being saved.
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Capability of being defended.
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Capability of receiving; capacity.
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Capability of appeal.