Helen Fenton

Amen: Definition and part of speech

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Amen

  1. v. t. To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
  2. interj., adv., & n. An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amenable: Definition and part of speech

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Amenable

  1. a. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
  2. a. Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
  3. a. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
  4. a. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amenableness: Definition and part of speech

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Amenableness

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.