A'MIABLE, a. L. amabilis from amo, to love.

1. Lovely worth of love deserving of affection applied usually to persons. But in Psalms 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.