amenable

[ uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh- ]
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adjective
  1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.

  2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible: You are amenable for this debt.

  1. capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.

Origin of amenable

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French amen(er) “to lead to” (a- a-5 + mener, from Late Latin mināre “to push, impel,” from Latin minārī “to threaten”) + -able -able

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Other words from amenable

  • a·me·na·bil·i·ty, a·me·na·ble·ness, noun
  • a·me·na·bly, adverb
  • non·a·me·na·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·a·me·na·ble, adjective
  • non·a·me·na·ble·ness, noun
  • non·a·me·na·bly, adverb
  • un·a·me·na·ble, adjective
  • un·a·me·na·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for amenable

amenable

/ (əˈmiːnəbəl) /


adjective
  1. open or susceptible to suggestion; likely to listen, cooperate, etc

  2. accountable for behaviour to some authority; answerable

  1. capable of being or liable to be tested, judged, etc

Origin of amenable

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C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French amener to lead up, from Latin mināre to drive (cattle), from minārī to threaten

Derived forms of amenable

  • amenability or amenableness, noun
  • amenably, adverb

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