amenableadj.

Brit.

/əˈmiːnəbl/, U.S.

/əˈminəb(ə)l/,

/əˈmɛnəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1700s amesnable, 1600s ameanable, 1600s–1700s amainable, 1600s– amenable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French amenable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Law French amenable, amesnable tractable, susceptible to persuasion (13th cent. or earlier), (of a person or group of people) answerable to a law, court, etc. (a1321 or earlier) < Anglo-Norman ameiner , amesner , Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amainer , amener (French amener ) to take or lead (a person or thing) somewhere (c1000 in Old French as amenar ), to summon (a person or group of persons) before a court (1275 or earlier), to direct (a person) towards a particular aim (a1349), to compel (a person) to do something (a1380; < a- a- prefix⁵ + mener to lead (see menable adj.); compare Old Occitan amenar ) + -able -able suffix.Specific forms. With the form amesnable in quots. a1599, a1661 at sense 1a compare the Anglo-Norman variant amesnable (14th cent. or earlier), as well as Anglo-Norman mesnable , variant of menable menable adj., and the similar spellings with s shown by e.g. mesne adv., demesne n. In the form amainable showing alteration after Anglo-Norman and Middle French main hand (see main n.³); compare the following example, and also Anglo-Norman mainable , variant of menable menable adj.:1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) Amenable, others write it amainable, from the Fr. main, a hand..is applied in our Law Books to a Woman that is supposed governable by her Husband.

a. Of a person or group of people: liable or subject to some form of jurisdiction; answerable to a court, law, etc.; accountable for a crime, deed, etc. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable > legally

answerable1446

amenablea1599

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 100 Not amesnable to Law.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 74 The inferiour sort of the Irish were..not Amesnable by Law.

1736 Daily Gazetteer 30 Sept. Is the Government amesnable for its Conduct to the Mob?

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Pref. p. xxviii The sovereign of this country is not amenable to any form of trial.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) II. 5 The sufficiency of the conscience to make every person a moral and amenable being.

1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. i. i. 6 The Abbots of Dunfermline, to whom only he was amenable.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 630 He got landed into hot water and had to be spirited away by a few friends..so as to not be made amenable under section two of the Criminal Law Amendment Act.

1990 Times 7 Apr. 1/3 It is essential that offenders be made amenable for their crimes.

b. Of a thing, action, etc.: accountable to the legal authority of a specified body or entity; formally subject to.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal power > [adjective] > liable to legal authority of

liege1362

amenable1765

1765 J. Adair Thoughts on Dismission of Officers 10 Such measures indeed are amenable to no court of judicature.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 413 Personal property, which is..always amesnable to the magistrate.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 697 All offences against the act were rendered amenable to the courts of law.

1898 W. B. Howell Let. 16 Dec. in L. J. Gage Treasury Decisions (1899) I. 1026 The articles are copyrighted in the United States and amenable to the law.

2004 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 26 Dec. Surprisingly services availed or hired for commercial purposes were amenable to the jurisdiction of the consumer courts.

c. More generally: liable or open to a charge, claim, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable

accountablec1400

accountant1429

answerable1446

responsalc1460

countable1495

liable1542

chargeable1546

responsable1565

correspondent1612

countant1638

responsible1640

responsive1642

amenablea1781

a1781 R. Gardiner Mem. Life & Writings (1782) 164 He was not amenable to the charge alledged against him.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvii. 431 He is amenable to the charge of a host of vices.

1876 E. Mellor Priesthood vii. 312 The next witness..is amenable to the same imputation of uncandid..quotation.

1918 Asia Feb. 101/1 The elements of Mohammedan discontent cannot accuse her of partiality to Christians or Hindus; rather has she seemed at times to be amenable to the charge of partiality against them.

2008 Daily Rec. (Rochester, N. Y.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. Which facets of judicial conduct are amenable to claims of prejudice?

2. Inclined to be influenced or controlled; susceptible or responsive to suggestion, persuasion, etc.; tractable, accommodating. In later use also: willing to carry out a task or comply with a request; obliging.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable

beisuma1225

treatable1303

waldinc1485

tractable?1504

towardly1513

obsequent1520

conformable1547

unwilful1570

sonsya1622

ductile1622

obedible1622

ductible1623

unobstinate1632

ducible1633

docile1647

fictile1676

amenable1680

tawie1786

trottya1913

1680 Tryal Thomas Earl of Strafford 482 The Judges and Ministers..cannot be complained of but to my Lord of Strafford, this draws a great Dependence on him, and makes them amenable to his Will.

1760 Proposal for Restoration Public Wealth 16 A peaceful and amenable Behaviour, from Generation to Generation.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 417 A high spirited people..by no means amenable to discipline.

1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxii. 1. 40 Oriental judges are frequently..amenable to bribes.

1878 E. White Life in Christ (ed. 3) v. xxix. 496 Perplexed but amenable spirits whom sorrow and fear..are drawing back to their Father.

1969 M. Puzo Godfather (1972) iii. xiv. 213 Men of fiery temper, headstrong, not amenable to reason.

1987 Financial Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. i. 7 I suggest he makes friends with a stockbroker. Mine is very amenable and may do 15 transactions at a time (all minimum commission).

2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) xxx. 310 Perhaps the widow would be amenable to persuasion.

3. Susceptible or responsive to treatment (typically of a specified kind); capable of being tested or treated in a certain way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested > that may be

examinable1605

testable1647

amenable1817

assayable1859

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. 278 That, which is..not amenable to the forms of sensuous evidence, because it is exclusively an object of pure intellect.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. i. 216 Such of them [sc. assertions]..as, not being amenable to direct consciousness or intuition, are appropriate subjects of proof.

1876 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Jan. 59/1 Epithelioma is more amenable to treatment and operations for it are attended with more satisfactory results.

1948 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 12 485 Many of the Haya terms are not amenable to translation by a single English word.

1973 C. Sagan Cosmic Connection (1974) xxvii. 195 The hypothesis that advanced technical civilizations exist on planets of other stars is amenable to experimental testing.

2002 S. G. Krantz Handbk. Logic & Proof Techniques vi. 89 This is a statement of philosophy; it is not amenable to proof.

4. Of a place or situation: suitable for existence, habitation, accommodation, etc.; congenial, comfortable, hospitable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > pleasant or enjoyable

lustlyc1200

comfortablec1340

lustful1340

savourousa1425

good1509

relishable1605

fruitive1635

relishing1689

savouring1714

enjoyable1743

amenable1915

1915 W. J. Locke Jaffery 203 Being a man of modest needs..he found his small patrimony..quite adequate for amenable existence.

1977 Linlithgowshire Jrnl. & Gaz. 15 Apr. 3/3 One way or another I want to tidy the place up a bit and make it more amenable.

1991 Climber & Hill Walker (BNC) Aug. 40 [This] is the point where the cliff swings round to form the dramatic and much less amenable territory of the south face.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amenable
释义	amenableadj. Brit. /əˈmiːnəbl/, U.S. /əˈminəb(ə)l/, /əˈmɛnəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1700s amesnable, 1600s ameanable, 1600s–1700s amainable, 1600s– amenable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French amenable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Law French amenable, amesnable tractable, susceptible to persuasion (13th cent. or earlier), (of a person or group of people) answerable to a law, court, etc. (a1321 or earlier) < Anglo-Norman ameiner , amesner , Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amainer , amener (French amener ) to take or lead (a person or thing) somewhere (c1000 in Old French as amenar ), to summon (a person or group of persons) before a court (1275 or earlier), to direct (a person) towards a particular aim (a1349), to compel (a person) to do something (a1380; < a- a- prefix⁵ + mener to lead (see menable adj.); compare Old Occitan amenar ) + -able -able suffix.Specific forms. With the form amesnable in quots. a1599, a1661 at sense 1a compare the Anglo-Norman variant amesnable (14th cent. or earlier), as well as Anglo-Norman mesnable , variant of menable menable adj., and the similar spellings with s shown by e.g. mesne adv., demesne n. In the form amainable showing alteration after Anglo-Norman and Middle French main hand (see main n.³); compare the following example, and also Anglo-Norman mainable , variant of menable menable adj.:1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) Amenable, others write it amainable, from the Fr. main, a hand..is applied in our Law Books to a Woman that is supposed governable by her Husband. 1. a. Of a person or group of people: liable or subject to some form of jurisdiction; answerable to a court, law, etc.; accountable for a crime, deed, etc. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable > legally answerable1446 amenablea1599 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 100 Not amesnable to Law. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 74 The inferiour sort of the Irish were..not Amesnable by Law. 1736 Daily Gazetteer 30 Sept. Is the Government amesnable for its Conduct to the Mob? 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Pref. p. xxviii The sovereign of this country is not amenable to any form of trial. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) II. 5 The sufficiency of the conscience to make every person a moral and amenable being. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. i. i. 6 The Abbots of Dunfermline, to whom only he was amenable. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 630 He got landed into hot water and had to be spirited away by a few friends..so as to not be made amenable under section two of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. 1990 Times 7 Apr. 1/3 It is essential that offenders be made amenable for their crimes. b. Of a thing, action, etc.: accountable to the legal authority of a specified body or entity; formally subject to. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal power > [adjective] > liable to legal authority of liege1362 amenable1765 1765 J. Adair Thoughts on Dismission of Officers 10 Such measures indeed are amenable to no court of judicature. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 413 Personal property, which is..always amesnable to the magistrate. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 697 All offences against the act were rendered amenable to the courts of law. 1898 W. B. Howell Let. 16 Dec. in L. J. Gage Treasury Decisions (1899) I. 1026 The articles are copyrighted in the United States and amenable to the law. 2004 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 26 Dec. Surprisingly services availed or hired for commercial purposes were amenable to the jurisdiction of the consumer courts. c. More generally: liable or open to a charge, claim, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable accountablec1400 accountant1429 answerable1446 responsalc1460 countable1495 liable1542 chargeable1546 responsable1565 correspondent1612 countant1638 responsible1640 responsive1642 amenablea1781 a1781 R. Gardiner Mem. Life & Writings (1782) 164 He was not amenable to the charge alledged against him. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvii. 431 He is amenable to the charge of a host of vices. 1876 E. Mellor Priesthood vii. 312 The next witness..is amenable to the same imputation of uncandid..quotation. 1918 Asia Feb. 101/1 The elements of Mohammedan discontent cannot accuse her of partiality to Christians or Hindus; rather has she seemed at times to be amenable to the charge of partiality against them. 2008 Daily Rec. (Rochester, N. Y.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. Which facets of judicial conduct are amenable to claims of prejudice? 2. Inclined to be influenced or controlled; susceptible or responsive to suggestion, persuasion, etc.; tractable, accommodating. In later use also: willing to carry out a task or comply with a request; obliging. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable beisuma1225 treatable1303 waldinc1485 tractable?1504 towardly1513 obsequent1520 conformable1547 unwilful1570 sonsya1622 ductile1622 obedible1622 ductible1623 unobstinate1632 ducible1633 docile1647 fictile1676 amenable1680 tawie1786 trottya1913 1680 Tryal Thomas Earl of Strafford 482 The Judges and Ministers..cannot be complained of but to my Lord of Strafford, this draws a great Dependence on him, and makes them amenable to his Will. 1760 Proposal for Restoration Public Wealth 16 A peaceful and amenable Behaviour, from Generation to Generation. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 417 A high spirited people..by no means amenable to discipline. 1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxii. 1. 40 Oriental judges are frequently..amenable to bribes. 1878 E. White Life in Christ (ed. 3) v. xxix. 496 Perplexed but amenable spirits whom sorrow and fear..are drawing back to their Father. 1969 M. Puzo Godfather (1972) iii. xiv. 213 Men of fiery temper, headstrong, not amenable to reason. 1987 Financial Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. i. 7 I suggest he makes friends with a stockbroker. Mine is very amenable and may do 15 transactions at a time (all minimum commission). 2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) xxx. 310 Perhaps the widow would be amenable to persuasion. 3. Susceptible or responsive to treatment (typically of a specified kind); capable of being tested or treated in a certain way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested > that may be examinable1605 testable1647 amenable1817 assayable1859 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. 278 That, which is..not amenable to the forms of sensuous evidence, because it is exclusively an object of pure intellect. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. i. 216 Such of them [sc. assertions]..as, not being amenable to direct consciousness or intuition, are appropriate subjects of proof. 1876 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Jan. 59/1 Epithelioma is more amenable to treatment and operations for it are attended with more satisfactory results. 1948 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 12 485 Many of the Haya terms are not amenable to translation by a single English word. 1973 C. Sagan Cosmic Connection (1974) xxvii. 195 The hypothesis that advanced technical civilizations exist on planets of other stars is amenable to experimental testing. 2002 S. G. Krantz Handbk. Logic & Proof Techniques vi. 89 This is a statement of philosophy; it is not amenable to proof. 4. Of a place or situation: suitable for existence, habitation, accommodation, etc.; congenial, comfortable, hospitable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > pleasant or enjoyable lustlyc1200 comfortablec1340 lustful1340 savourousa1425 good1509 relishable1605 fruitive1635 relishing1689 savouring1714 enjoyable1743 amenable1915 1915 W. J. Locke Jaffery 203 Being a man of modest needs..he found his small patrimony..quite adequate for amenable existence. 1977 Linlithgowshire Jrnl. & Gaz. 15 Apr. 3/3 One way or another I want to tidy the place up a bit and make it more amenable. 1991 Climber & Hill Walker (BNC) Aug. 40 [This] is the point where the cliff swings round to form the dramatic and much less amenable territory of the south face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1599
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