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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

amenable
    adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to
           persuasion" [syn: amenable, conformable]
    2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive
       student" [syn: amenable, tractable]
    3: 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: liable to answer to a higher authority; "the president is
       amenable to the constitutional court"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable;
      responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
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            Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to
            the divine government.                --I. Taylor.
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   3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
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   4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
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            Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to
            counsel.                              --Carlyle.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

AMENABLE. Responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice liable to
punishment.

Thesaurus Results for amenable:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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