amend

Verb

1. (transitive) To make better; improve.
2. (intransitive) To become better.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
5. (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Noun

1. (plural-normally) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, plural-normally) Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈmɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: amenden

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. Doublet of emend.

Synonyms

correct

improve

reform

rectify

change

alter

revise

convert

ameliorate

modify

repair

better

fix

enhance

transform

remedy

adjust

meliorate

shift

upgrade

redress

straighten

turn

emend

remediate

make better

grease

fertilize

edit

mend

manure

touch up

vary

revamp

right

cure

perfect

set right

make right

get better

crop

free

🆓

assassinate

fine-tune

extend

move

continue

amendment

move in

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