Amiable, 1) concerning love, done out of love: “lay an a. siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife,” Wiv. II, 2, 243. “saw afar off in the orchard this a. encounter,” Ado III, 3, 161. 2) lovely, pleasing: “bull Jove, sir, had an a. low,” Ado V, 4, 48. “while I thy a. cheeks do coy,” Mids. IV, 1, 2. “and in no sense is meet or a.” Shr. V, 2, 141. “O a. lovely death!” John III, 4, 25. “'twould make her a. and subdue my father entirely to her love,” Oth. III, 4, 59.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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