amend
[ uh-mend ]
/ əˈmɛnd /
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.
Words nearby amend
amen, amen corner, amen glass, amen-ra, amenable, amend, amendatory, amende honorable, amending formula, amendment, amends
Origin of amend
1175–1225; Middle English amenden < Old French amender < Latin ēmendāre “to correct,” equivalent to ē- e-1 + mend(a) “blemish” + -āre infinitive suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM amend
synonym study for amend
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.
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amend
/ (əˈmɛnd) /
verb (tr)
to improve; change for the better
to remove faults from; correct
to alter or revise (legislation, a constitution, etc) by formal procedure
Derived forms of amend
amendable, adjectiveamender, nounWord Origin for amend
C13: from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre to emend
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