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The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.

Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

Liable to be amerced.

Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.] So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert.

The quality of being amiable; amiability.

Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amica…

The quality of being amicable; amicability.

Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

Removable.

Capable of being amused.

That may be analyzed.

Fit for anchorage.

Capable of being annihilated.

That may be Annulled.

That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]

Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God Swift.…

The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.

Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. -- Ap*peas"a*ble*ness, n.