Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Amenable
amenable, adj. [AngFr < amener, to bring forth < L. mināre, threaten, lead cattle with shouts.] (webplay: laws).
Answerable; liable; accountable; responsible; submissive; subject to in obedience; [word play on amen, inter.] faithful; religiously true; able to say “amen.”
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