Capacity: Definition and part of speech

Capacity

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.
n. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; — used in reference to physical things.
n. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.
n. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.
n. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

n. Gay or rich clothing.
n. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

v. i. To gape.
n. A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
v. i. To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.
n. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.