capable adjective

Categories: intelligence: degrees of; individual differences.
1604, Cawdrey:

wise, apt to learne, bigge, or fit to receiue.

1626, Cockeram:

Not listed.

1658, Phillips:

(French) able, or in a condition to do a thing, or apt to receive an impression.

1676, Coles:

a being able or fit to do or suffer any thing.