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amendable, a.|əˈmɛndəb(ə)l|
[f. amend v. + -able.]
†1. actively, Able to amend; improving. Obs.
a1600MS. Ashmole No. 60. 5 (Halliw.) That til oure lif is ful profitable, and to oure soule amendable.
2. passively, Capable of being amended, corrected, bettered, repaired, made amends for.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 157 We finde in our English writers many wordes and speaches amendable. 1614Selden Titles of Hon. 261 Before whom sometimes causes criminall and amendable by amercements or mulcts were heard. 1674Peace & Good Will 27 Liturgies..are amendable, alterable, upon just occasions. 1740Prov. for Poor 15 Roads not amendable by Act of Parliament. 1809Tomlins Law Dict. G ij a/2 The faults and mistakes of clerks are in many cases amendable. |