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AMENDABLE

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a⋅mend

  [uh-mend]
Use AMENDABLE in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
2. to change for the better; improve: to amend one's ways.
3. to remove or correct faults in; rectify.
–verb (used without object)
4. to grow or become better by reforming oneself: He amends day by day.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME amenden < OF amender < L ēmendāre to correct, equiv. to ē- e- + mend(a) blemish + -āre inf. suffix

Related forms:
a⋅mend⋅a⋅ble, adjective
a⋅mend⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. ameliorate, better. 3. Amend, emend both mean to improve by correcting or by freeing from error. Amend is the general term, used of any such correction in detail: to amend spelling, punctuation, grammar. Emend usually applies to the correction of a text in the process of editing or preparing for publication; it implies improvement in the sense of greater accuracy: He emended the text of the play by restoring the original reading. 4. improve, ameliorate.

Antonyms:
2, 4. worsen.
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a·mend   (ə-měnd')   
v.   a·mend·ed, a·mend·ing, a·mends

v.   tr.

  1. To change for the better; improve: amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive.

  2. To remove the faults or errors in; correct. See Synonyms at correct.

  3. To alter (a legislative measure, for example) formally by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

  4. To enrich (soil), especially by mixing in organic matter or sand.

v.   intr.
To better one's conduct; reform.

[Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre : ē-, ex-, ex- + mendum, fault.]
a·mend'a·ble adj., a·mend'er n.
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Word Origin & History

amend 
c.1220, "to free from faults, rectify," from O.Fr. amender, from L. emendare "to correct, free from fault," from ex- "out" + menda "fault, blemish" (cognate with Skt. minda "physical blemish," O.Ir. mennar "stain, blemish," Welsh mann "sign, mark"). Supplanted in senses of "repair, cure" by its aphetic offspring mend (q.v.). Amendment "alteration of a writ or bill" (to remove its faults) is 1607. Amends, collective singular, is first recorded c.1314.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: amend
Function: transitive verb
1 : to change or modify for the better
2 : to alter esp. in the wording; especially : to alter formally by modification, deletion, or addition <amended the statute> <amend the complaint to cure the defect> —amend·able adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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