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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amenable \A*me"na*ble\, a. [F. amener to lead; ? (L. ad) = mener to lead, fr L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL to lead; L. minari to threaten, minae threats. See {Menace}.] 1. (Old Law) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] --Jacob. 2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as amenable to law. Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. --I. Taylor. 3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc 4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. --Carlyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amenable adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak"- Matthew 26:41 [syn: {willing}] 2: responsible to a higher authority; "amenable to a small-scale form of enquiry"; "amenable data"; "is it to be contended that the heads of departments are not amenable to the laws?"- John Marshall [ant: {unamenable}]
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