Amiable
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Amiable - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
A'MIABLE, a. [L. amabilis; from amo, to love.]
1. Lovely; worth of love; deserving of affection; applied usually to persons. But in Psa 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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