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Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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parent

noun
  1. A person from whom one is descended: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, father, forebear, forefather, foremother, mother, progenitor. Archaic: predecessor. See kin, precede
  2. One that creates, founds, or originates: architect, author, creator, entrepreneur, father, founder 2, inventor, maker, originator, patriarch. See start
  3. A point of origination: beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, provenance, provenience, root 1, rootstock, source, spring, well 1. See start
verb
To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. Idiom: give birth (or rise) to. See make

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