amenable
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From French as if *amenable < amener (“‘to bring or lead, fetch in or to’”) < a- + mener (“‘to lead, conduct’”) < Late Latin minare (“‘to drive’”), Latin deponent minari (“‘to threaten, menace’”).
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amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)
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- Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
- Willing to comply with; agreeable.
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Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions
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[edit] External links
- amenable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- amenable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- amenable at OneLook® Dictionary Search
