Definitions
disposed or willing to conform
Word 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”).
Used in a sentence
“The communal nature of ostriches may have made these birds more amenable to life in captivity.”
“Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.”
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