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amicable(dictionary)
AMICABLE ACTION, Pennsylvania practice(law)

amicable (iou)



amicable adjective. LME.
[Late Latin amicabilis, from Latin amicus friend: see -ABLE.]
Of a thing: pleasant, kindly, benign. obsolete exc. as below. LME.
amicable numbers Math. any pair of numbers having the property that each is the sum of the factors of the other, e.g. 220 and 284.
Friendly; done in a friendly spirit. L15.
Pope Each mild, each amicable guest. P. V. White The most amicable thing about their marriage was their parting.
amica'bility noun the quality of being amicable M17.
amicableness noun M17.
amicably adverb LME.