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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Competent \Com"pe*tent\ (?; 94), a. [F. comp['e]tent, p. pr of
comp['e]ter to be in the competency of LL competere to
strive after together, to agree with hence to be fit See
{Compete}.]
1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient;
suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit ``A competent
knowledge of the world.'' --Atterbury. ``Competent age.''
--Grafton. ``Competent statesmen.'' --Palfrey. /``A
competent witness.'' --Bouvier.
2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by
to [Rare, except in legal usage.]
That is the privilege of the infinite Author of
things . . . but is not competent to any finite
being --Locke.
Syn: See {Qualified}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
competent
adj 1: properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient;
"a competent typist" [ant: {incompetent}]
2: adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"
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