amenable
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Etymology [edit]
From French as if *amenable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”), from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin minare (“to drive”), Latin deponent minari (“to threaten, menace”).
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Adjective [edit]
amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)
- 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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Willing to comply with; agreeable
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External links [edit]
- 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