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1. (adj.) amenable
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; agreeable; tractable:
amenable to criticism.
2. amenable
liable to be called to account; answerable; responsible:
amenable to the law.
3. amenable
capable of being tested, tried, etc.:
a theory amenable to experimentation.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < AF, = MF amen(er) to lead to (a-a -5+mener < LL mināre to drive (animals), L minārī to threaten, menace ) +-able -able)
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| Definition of 'amenable' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) amenable, conformable
disposed or willing to comply
"someone amenable to persuasion"
2. (adj) amenable, tractable
readily reacting to suggestions and influences
"a responsive student"
3. (adj) amenable
open to being acted upon in a certain way
"an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death"; "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment"
4. (adj) amenable
liable to answer to a higher authority
"the president is amenable to the constitutional court"
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1. (adj) amenable
easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband
2. (adj) amenable
liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law
3. (adj) amenable
liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc
4. (adj) amenable
willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable
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