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a⋅mend
[uh-mend] 
–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
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.
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.
2, 4. worsen.
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| a·mend (ə-měnd') v. a·mend·ed, a·mend·ing, a·mends v. tr.
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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Amend
A*mend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n. Amending.] [F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum, menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf. Emend, Mend.] To change or modify in any way for the better; as, (a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like; (b) by supplying deficiencies; (c) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify. Mar not the thing that can not be amended. --Shak. An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. --De Quincey. We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. --Sir W. Scott. To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement. Syn: To Amend, Emend, Correct, Reform, Rectify. Usage: These words agree in the idea of bringing things into a more perfect state. We correct (literally, make straight) when we conform things to some standard or rule; as, to correct proof sheets. We amend by removing blemishes, faults, or errors, and thus rendering a thing more a nearly perfect; as, to amend our ways, to amend a text, the draft of a bill, etc. Emend is only another form of amend, and is applied chiefly to editions of books, etc. To reform is literally to form over again, or put into a new and better form; as, to reform one's life. To rectify is to make right; as, to rectify a mistake, to rectify abuses, inadvertencies, etc.Amend
A*mend"\ ([.a]*m[e^]nd"), v. i. To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. "My fortune . . . amends." --Sir P. Sidney.
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Language Translation for : amend
Spanish:
enmendar, corregir,
German:
verbessern,
Japanese:
改める
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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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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