What does the word could mean?
 
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                        Usage examples for could
                        
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                                                                                                                                    If 
                                                                                                                                                                                you 
                                                                                                                                                                                could 
                                                                                                                                                                                have 
                                                                                                                                                                                heard 
                                                                                                                                                                                her!
                                                                                                                            – Flowing Gold by Rex Beach
                                    
                                 
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                                                                                                                                                                                I 
                                                                                                                                                                                never 
                                                                                                                                                                                said 
                                                                                                                                                                                you 
                                                                                                                                                                                could, 
                                                                                                                                                                                my 
                                                                                                                                                                                dear.
                                                                                                                            – The Seaboard Parish, Complete by George MacDonald
                                    
                                 
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                                                                                                                                    I 
                                                                                                                                                                                come 
                                                                                                                                                                                to 
                                                                                                                                                                                see 
                                                                                                                                                                                if 
                                                                                                                                                                                you 
                                                                                                                                                                                could 
                                                                                                                                                                                tell 
                                                                                                                                                                                me 
                                                                                                                                                                                somethin' 
                                                                                                                                                                                I 
                                                                                                                                                                                could 
                                                                                                                                                                                do 
                                                                                                                                                                                for 
                                                                                                                                                                                it.
                                                                                                                            – The Story of a Doctor's Telephone--Told by His Wife by Ellen M. Firebaugh