D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Competent

/(kŏm"pē̇*tent; 94)/ · Com·pe·tent · IPA /ˈkɒmpətənt/
01 a. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
  1. 1.
    Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
  2. 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.