Competent /(kŏm"pē̇*tent; 94)/

Com·pe·tent

Competent

a.
  1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
  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.