[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

amenable \ame"nable\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable;
      responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
      1913 webster

            nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to
            the divine government.                --i. taylor.
      1913 webster

   3. liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
      1913 webster

            sterling . . . always was amenable enough to
            counsel.                              --carlyle.
      1913 webster
see also:
menace 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

amenable
     adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to
            persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the
            flesh is weak"- matthew 26:41 syn: conformable, willing
     2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a
        responsive student" syn: responsive, tractable
     3: liable to answer to a higher authority; " the president is
        amenable to the constitutional court"
see also:
conformable willing responsive tractable 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

97 moby thesaurus words for "amenable":
   accessible, accommodating, accountable, acquiescent, adaptable,
   adapting, adaptive, adjusting, advance, agreeable, alacritous,
   ameliorate, amend, answerable, ardent, better, biddable,
   chargeable, compliant, consenting, content, cooperative, dependent,
   disposed, docile, eager, elevate, emend, enthusiastic, fain,
   favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, forward, game,
   help, humble, impressionable, in the mind, in the mood, inclined,
   influenceable, liable, lift, malleable, meek, meliorate, mend,
   minded, movable, obedient, open, open-minded, passive, persuadable,
   persuasible, pervious, plastic, pliable, pliant, predisposed,
   promote, prompt, prone, quick, raise, ready, ready and willing,
   receptive, reconciled, rectify, repair, resigned, responsible,
   responsible for, responsive, right, suasible, subdued, subject,
   submissive, subordinate, suggestible, susceptible, swayable, tame,
   to blame, tractable, uncomplaining, unresisting, weak,
   well-disposed, well-inclined, willed, willing, willinghearted,
   zealous

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

amenable. responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice liable to
punishment.

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