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amenable

ame·nable

UK/əˈmiːnəbəl/ US/əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/ rare

adjective

1.

disposed or willing to comply

  • “someone amenable to persuasion”
  • “the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak” Matthew 26:41
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2.

readily reacting to suggestions and influences

  • “a responsive student”
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3.

liable to answer to a higher authority

  • “the president is amenable to the constitutional court”
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Origin

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).

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