Amend
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amend¹
- /əˈmɛnd/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.
verb amends · amending · amended · amend
- To make better; improve. Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee; Mar not the thing that cannot be amended.
- To become better. The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side. When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap; intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend.
- To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.). But Paridell complaynd, that his late fight / With Britomart, so sore did him offend, / That ryde he could not, till his hurts he did amend.
- To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness). Ay, sir; there are a crew of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great assay of art; but at his touch— Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand— They presently amend.
- To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing. We amended the rules so that we could admit 20 more members to the club.
Similar: ameliorate, correct, improve
noun amends
- An act of righting a wrong; compensation. Thus by the code of the Visigoths, it was forbidden to all strangers to take their subjects under a penalty of one hundred lashes and an amend in gold.
- Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).amendment I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.
Amend²
proper noun Amends
- A surname.
