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amend

[ 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.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms:



verb (used without object)

  1. to grow or become better by reforming oneself:

    He amends day by day.

amend

/ əˈɛԻ /

verb

  1. to improve; change for the better
  2. to remove faults from; correct
  3. to alter or revise (legislation, a constitution, etc) by formal procedure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԻ, noun
  • ˈԻ岹, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Ի·· adjective
  • ·Ի· noun
  • non··Ի·· adjective
  • ··Ի verb
  • un··Ի·· adjective
  • ܲ··Ի·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of amend1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ŧԻ “to correct,” equivalent to ŧ- “out of, from” + mend(a) “blemish” + - infinitive suffix; e- 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of amend1

C13: from Old French amender, from Latin ŧԻ to emend
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Synonym Study

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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Excel Parking later applied to amend this claim so they could pursue 11 different PCNs.

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Following the reports, civil society organisations, musicians, and individuals held a protest march on Thursday, calling for the government to amend the law to introduce tougher punishments for child rapists.

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If the legal challenge is successful, the government could consider whether it would amend the policy, but it would be under no obligation to do so.

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"I think he recognizes the constitutional limitations, and I’m not sure that there’s a move about to amend the Constitution."

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Although its seven articles have been amended and interpreted in different ways throughout the years, they still guide today's literary custodians, with the foremost being to stand against censorship.

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