a. Obs. rare. [a. OFr. amable:—L. amābil-em lovely, f. amā-re to love. Gale apparently formed it afresh from L.; cf. It. amabile.] Lovely, lovable.
c. 1430. Lydg., Min. Poems (1840), 25. Face of Absolon, moost fayre, moost amable!
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. IV. 338. The Divine Essence is most amabile and appetible for itself.
