amend
Meaning
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- To make better; improve.
- To become better.
- (obsolete) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
- (obsolete) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
- To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
Synonyms
rectify
enhance
make better
set right
set aright
to change
be better
redress set one right
make improvements
amend a motion
change a proposal
interpret a proposal
move to amend
propose a motion to amend
propose an amendment
revise a proposal
turn over a new life
adfect
modification
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈmɛnd/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend.
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