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[uh-mend]

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verb (used with object)

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.

to change for the better; improve: to amend one's ways.

to remove or correct faults in; rectify.

verb (used without object)

to grow or become better by reforming oneself: He amends day by day.

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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English amenden < Old French amender < Latin ēmendāre to correct, equivalent to ē- e- + mend(a) blemish + -āre infinitive suffix

Related forms

a·mend·a·ble, adjective

a·mend·er, noun

non·a·mend·a·ble, adjective

re·a·mend, verb

un·a·mend·a·ble, adjective

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un·a·mend·ed, adjective

un·a·mend·ing, adjective

well-a·mend·ed, adjective

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Can be confused: amenable, amendable, emendable.

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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Example Sentences

But some critics of the law say it should be revoked, not amended.

Technically, amended returns my need to be filed for the years since then.

India amended the contents of the basket of goods in its wholesale-price index.

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But some critics of the law say it should be revoked, not amended.

Technically, amended returns my need to be filed for the years since then.

India amended the contents of the basket of goods in its wholesale-price index.

The act must, however, be amended to incorporate a viable solution to vaccine liability concerns.

Provide good air circulation and well-drained soil that's been amended with compost or organic matter.

These laws are complex and outdated, and should be amended.

Some issues get amended during debate, and others can arise by suspending rules.

But he has asked his publishers to sell no further copies until an amended version is printed.

Plant in well-drained soil amended with plenty of organic matter.

The agreement has been amended twice, and is still the subject of court challenges.

The army's internal service law, which justifies coups, will be amended.

Plant in well-drained soil amended with peat moss or ground bark.

Courses in many leading universities are already being amended.

Grow in light, rich soil well amended with organic matter.

If your soil is rich and well amended with compost, you won't need to fertilize.

Position the rose in the hole and fill in around it with soil amended with compost.

Seinfeld was unhurt in the accident, which was initially reported as a rollover, but later amended to a tip.

They will make changes to the offer letter, if mutually agreeable, and send you an amended version.

The amended complaint also includes a request for a jury trial.

If a reexamination is granted, the patents in question could be amended to the extent that they won't affect developers.

Pilevsky had given final approval to the amended contract.

We regularly publish revisions and the record shows our early estimates may be amended up or down.

Evans has leave to file an amended complaint naming the proper parties.

The government was quick to retract its offer when red-shirt leaders amended their demands.

The other proposals will be discussed and amended during the next three months.

What is even worse is that it is unlikely that these plans will be amended during the coming term.

And it has been amended, and it can be amended again.

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Word Origin & History

amend

early 13c., "to free from faults, rectify," from O.Fr. amender (12c.), 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"

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by its aphetic offspring mend (q.v.). Meaning "to add to legislation" (ostensibly to correct or improve it) is recorded from 1777.

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"The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force."

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