a. Obs. [a. Fr. amical, ad. L. amīcāl-is (rare in cl., frequent in med.L.), f. amīc-us friend: see -AL 1. Cf. inimical.] Friendly.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 86. Planets amicall, benevolous, auspicious.
1691. W. Watson (title), An Amical Call to Repentance, etc.
[1814. W. Taylor, in Month. Mag., XXXVII. 118. Amicable … appears to have been originally either an impure word for amical, or a misprint for amiable.]
