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Capacity
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.
(2):
(n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; - used in reference to physical things.
(3):
(n.) Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
(4):
(n.) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency.
(5):
(n.) Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Capacity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/capacity.html. 1828.
