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Webster 1913 Edition

Amiable

A′mi-a-ble

,
Adj.
[F.
amiable
, L.
amicabilis
friendly, fr.
amicus
friend, fr.
amare
to love. The meaning has been influenced by F.
aimable
, L.
amabilis
lovable, fr.
amare
to love. Cf.
Amicable
,
Amorous
,
Amability
.]
1.
Lovable; lovely; pleasing.
[Obs. or R.]
So
amiable
a prospect.
Sir T. Herbert.
2.
Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious;
as, an
amiable
temper or mood;
amiable
ideas.
3.
Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked;
as, an
amiable
woman
.
4.
Done out of love.
[Obs.]
Lay an
amiable
siege to the honesty of this Ford’s wife.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Amiable

A'MIABLE

,
Adj.
[L. amabilis; from amo, to love.]
1.
Lovely; worth of love; deserving of affection; applied usually to persons. But in Ps. 84:1, there is an exception, 'How amiable are the tabernacles, O Lord.'
2.
Pretending or showing love.
Lay amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.
But this use is not legitimate.

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