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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amicable \Am"i*ca*ble\, a. [L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend,
     fr. amare to love. See {Amiable}.]
     Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after
     the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable
     disposition, or arrangement.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           That which was most remarkable in this contest was . .
           . the amicable manner in which it was managed.
                                                    --Prideoux.
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     {Amicable action} (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted
        by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of
        obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law
        involved in it. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
  
     {Amicable numbers} (Math.), two numbers, each of which is
        equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other.
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     Syn: Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious.
  
     Usage: {Amicable}, {Friendly}. Neither of these words denotes
            any great warmth of affection, since friendly has by
            no means the same strength as its noun friendship. It
            does, however, imply something of real cordiality;
            while amicable supposes very little more than that the
            parties referred to are not disposed to quarrel.
            Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two
            countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties.
            "Those who entertain friendly feelings toward each
            other can live amicably together."
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amicable
       adj : characterized by friendship and good will [ant: {hostile}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "amicable":
     accordant, affable, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amiable, at one,
     attuned, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful,
     brotherly, cheerful, civil, compatible, complaisant, concordant,
     congenial, cooperative, cordial, corresponding, courteous,
     desirable, dulcet, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, enjoyable,
     fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine,
     fraternal, frictionless, friendlike, friendly, genial, good,
     goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming,
     honeyed, in accord, in concert, in rapport, in tune, inharmony,
     kind, kindly, kindly-disposed, likable, like-minded, mellifluous,
     mellow, neighborlike, neighborly, nice, of one mind, pacific,
     peaceable, peaceful, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable,
     pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polite, propitious, rewarding,
     satisfying, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, sweet, sympathetic,
     sympathique, together, understanding, unhostile, united, warm,
     welcome, well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned,
     well-meaning, well-meant
  
  

















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