Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To change for the better; improve.
- intransitive verb To alter the wording of (a legal document, for example) so as to make more suitable or acceptable. synonym: correct.
- intransitive verb To enrich (soil), especially by mixing in organic matter or sand.
- intransitive verb To better one's conduct; reform.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To free from faults; make better, or more correct or proper; change for the better; correct; improve; reform.
- To make a change or changes in the form of, as a bill or motion, or a constitution; properly, to improve in expression or detail, but by usage to alter either in construction, purport, or principle.
- To repair; mend.
- 4. To heal or recover (the sick); cure (a disease).
- To grow or become better by reformation, or by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals.
- To become better (in health); recover from illness.
- noun Compensation: generally used in the plural. See
amends .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
- transitive verb To change or modify in any way for the better.
- transitive verb to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make better.
- verb intransitive To become
better . - verb obsolete, transitive To
heal (someone sick); tocure (a disease etc.). - verb transitive To make a
formal alteration inlegislation byadding ,deleting , orrephrasing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to make better
- verb set straight or right
- verb make amendments to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Care should be exercised in wording the sections providing for amending the constitution, etc., to avoid such tautology as amend, or add to, or repeal, or alter or amend, or amend or in any way change.
11. Miscellaneous. 68. Amendments of Constitutions, By-laws, and Rules of Order Henry Martyn 1915
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Let the reform begin .... amend, fix, add to, subtract from, but let the reform of health care begin.
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God at all, -- he pledges himself to give up his bad habits; to repent and amend, which is just what he has no mind to do.
Discipline and Other Sermons Charles Kingsley 1847
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_ -- The legitimate use of a motion to amend is to correct or improve the original motion or resolution; but a motion properly before an assembly may be altered in _any_ way; even so as to turn it entirely from its original purpose, unless some rule or law shall exist to prevent this subversion.
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With new 100 words in the dictionary peek and phrase amend features, a archetypal planner can treat maintained.
Wii-volution 2010
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His own party had to twist his arm to get a meaningless executive order signed to "amend" the law; which it doesn't.
Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010
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In an interview the day after your rally you said that you would like to "amend" your statement in which you accused President Obama of being a racist and said he had a deep hatred in his heart for white people.
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After all, they haven't seized the power to unilaterally "amend" the Constitution without state approval, only to let it go without a fight.
Balkinization 2007
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After all, they haven't seized the power to unilaterally "amend" the Constitution without state approval, only to let it go without a fight.
Balkinization 2007
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After all, they haven't seized the power to unilaterally "amend" the Constitution without state approval, only to let it go without a fight.
Balkinization 2007
Prolagus commented on the word amend
Sir all I want is a chance to amend
Past infidelities please do not send
Me far away from my wise señorita.
(Wandering alone, by Belle and Sebastian)
December 27, 2008