late 16th cent. (in the sense liable to answer (to a law or tribunal)): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amenerbring to from a-(from Latin ad) to + menerbring (from late Latin minaredrive (animals), from Latin minarithreaten)
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noun
1.disposed or willing to comply;
someone amenable to persuasion
2.readily reacting to suggestions and influences;
a responsive student
3.liable to answer to a higher authority;
the president is amenable to the constitutional court