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amendsn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French amendes, amende. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amendes, plural of Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French amende, Old French, Middle French amande (French amende ) reparation, compensation, redress (a1175 in Old French; a1271 in the specific sense ‘payment given or fine paid to make reparation for an injury or offence’) < amender amend v. Compare Old Occitan amenda compensation, redress. Compare mend n. I. and earlier amend v.Specific forms. The singular forms are considerably rarer in English than the plural forms, except in sense 7. The plural forms are usually construed with singular agreement. The form amendisis shows double plural marking. Specific senses. Senses 4 and 5, and 8 are not paralleled in French; they are after the corresponding specific senses 4, 7 and 8, and 1a of amend v. I. In plural form (with plural or singular agreement). 1. society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 4426 Take þe amendes after þe gilt. a1500 (?c1450) 83 What a-mendes she required for the deth of hir lorde. a1556 N. Udall (?1566) iv. vii. sig. G.iijv Bee not at one with hir vpon any amendes. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker sig. F Confession is but poore amends for wrong, Vnlesse a rope would follow. 1682 25 Apr. 2/2 'Twas..promised that the poor Prisoners should have amends..for that pinch-gut Year they had. 1761 F. Sheridan I. 162 Her permitting me to see her, she thinks sufficient amends. 1868 23 May 147/3 Their faces and figures..constitute ample amends for the poverty of the writing which they have made attractive. 1987 N. Ward (ed. 6) x. 203 It is not impossible..for the House..to accept such drastic action as offering sufficient amends for wrong-doing. 2009 27 Nov. 9/2 By way of amends for the epic mileage she has built up in her one-woman quest to save the planet, Palmer..has ‘offset’ 25 tonnes of CO₂. 1443 in J. Raine (1855) II. 130 I will that they make restitucion to them and a competent amendes. 1561 in D. H. Fleming (1889) I. 82 That I maye cum befoyr the hayll congregacion and thar penetenle mak ane oppyn amendis for the offence..committed be me heirintyll. a1640 P. Massinger (1976) iii. iii. 155 The ends I hope to reach shall make a lardge amends. 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Ep. Ded. I have made an Amends by printing an Errata. 1723 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 19 The warmth of the Glass-house Fires above, was a full amends for all the Ashes..we roll'd in below. 1821 R. Southey V. 86 I looked forward to an honourable amends. 1898 Sept. 464 I am thinking, Davie, you owe Our Lady an amends. 1912 H. D. Eberlein & H. M. Lippincott 169 As an amends for her curtailed bridal tour Congress voted Mrs. Thomson a present. 1994 M. Williamson (new ed.) ii. vii. 209 A sincere amends releases God's corrective energy within the giver as well as the receiver. 1340 (1866) 113 Be one zenne dyadlich..he ssel to gode..zuo grat amendes þet he ne heþ miȝte uor to yelde. c1443 R. Pecock (1927) 216 (MED) Þou ouȝtist not bi eny riȝt to aske and receive at fulle twey amendisis or twey satisfacciouns for oon and þe same precise trespace. c1450 (c1400) (Huntington) (1942) 184 (MED) Þe schrift-fadre..schal juge þe amendes of þe euel dede, as in fastyng or in almesse doynge..after þat þe synne askeþ. society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > compensation for damage 1340 (1866) 37 Bedeles, and seruons, þet steleþ þe amendes, and wyþdraȝeþ þe rentes of hire lhordes. a1475 Legal Gloss. Bokenham's Mappula Angliae in (1887) 10 21 (MED) Blood-wyte is a-mercyment or amendis for shedynge of bloode. a1500 ( (Egerton) (1953) iv. viii. f. 59v Not only thei owen this restitucion, but also thei owe ouer alle this to paye his amendes. a1618 W. Raleigh (1650) sig. E2 Of the amends recovered, Little or nothing returns to those that had suffered the wrong, but commonly all runs into the Princes Coffers. 1704 J. Tyrrell III. 893 Arbitrators, who are sometimes called Assessors, sometimes Dictators of Amends. 1769 W. Blackstone IV. x. 133 The offence of theftbote, which is where the party robbed not only knows the felon, but also takes his goods again, or other amends, upon agreement not to prosecute. society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] > means of a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) sig. Aiv To tell you the cause me semeth it no nede The amense therof is far to call agayne. 1589 J. Penry 45 When he hath offered you this injury you haue your amends in your hands. 1606 T. Dekker To Rdr. sig. A4v Yf his Answers be..bad, and like thee not, thou hast the amends in thyne owne hands. 1744 W. Warburton Pref. p. viii She has the Amends in her own Hands. †5. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] a1547 Earl of Surrey (1964) 34 A hart well stayd, in overthwartes depe Hopeth amendes. 1635 G. Wither 89 Oh! mend me so, that, by amending mee, Amends in others, may increased be. 1699 R. Bentley (new ed.) 103 If our Examiner's Performance in the last Section was very poor..we may expect an amends in this. 1709 J. Strype i. xxvi. 314 This was like to the former with this amends, that [etc.]. the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun] a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) Induct. ii. 96 Now Lord be thanked for my good amends . View more context for this quotation 1640 Earl of Strafford 12 Apr. (1739) II. 410 My Weakness is such, and my Amends so slow, that I must be forced to keep to my Litter. 1671 J. Milton 9 But here I feel amends . View more context for this quotation II. In singular form. the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. l. 7287 (MED) There gat he non amende. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan ii. xiii. 115 To make peas with hym and to make hym amende and restitucion. 1580 J. Stow 179 He reconciled the Nobles of the Realme with faire promises, thinking afterwards to make amende for his great wrongs, by founding of an Abbey. 1711 8 A Queen..intends, To punish her Foes, and encourage her Friend And for former Mistakes makes ample Amend. 1836 29 Feb. I have not a doubt that the French will consider it [sc. a message from the American president] sufficient amend for their ‘wounded honor’. 1900 J. M. Barrie xxxiv. 481 If I am—stoutish, I have at least the satisfaction of knowing that it gives you entertainment, and I owe you that amend and more. 1965 H. Cairns in H. L. Mencken p. xxviii He remarked that if he had been mistaken about the likelihood of an afterlife, he would make the only amend possible within his power. 2003 J. Rosengren vi. 36 Although we must stop using, doing so is not by itself a sufficient amend. In other words, sobriety isn't enough. society > authority > punishment > [noun] > penalty 1562 R. Fills tr. f. 17 He that fayleth to be there in the tyme aforesayde,..to pay two shillings for amende. 1598 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay (1927) V. 216 [The council] ordanis Jhonn Cudbert in ane amand of xli. for casting of faill and devatt upoun thair lynks of Leyth. 1609 J. Skene tr. 127 He quha is persewer..sall pay ane amande arbitrall to the Lords. 1784 T. Holcroft tr. Foucher d'Obsonville 324 Our Caravanbashi..offered to pay three piastres each mule as demanded; but received for answer, he must now pay four, as an amend. 1816 in C. Smith (1909) 28 He is to wear the same [sc. a medal] on all public occasions of the Club under an amand of half a crown. a1843 in R. Southey (1849) 2nd Ser. 451/1 The Pashaw fixed immediately an amend of fifty thousand piastres. 1903 May 212 If he were found guilty, they did not let him go to full ruin and become a slave through not paying the amend. 1999 (Nexis) 1 Apr. d4 The reclaimants will provide details of the amend and enclose either his or her cancelled cheque or a valid photocopy thereof, testamented by a duly licensed notaire. III. In singular or plural form. the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > instance of society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text 1888 III. 445 Chapter 1235. An amend to amend the charter of the town of Guthrie. 1908 10 Mar. The [Angling club] rules with a few amends, were after discussion adopted. 2002 Re: adding Data Label to Last Point in Chart Series in microsoft.public.excel.charting (Usenet newsgroup) 9 Jan. With a couple of amends to suit my data layout this is working perfectly. 2011 A. A. Bhojwani vii. 32 He..notified the teacher about the amend in his schedule. Phrasesc1380 (1879) 1813 Out of þy prisoun let hem go & for hymen amendes make. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 291 I rede þou mak amendes of þat grete misdede. c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Corpus Oxf.) (1872) §2936 We han offended and y-greued my lord Mellibe out of reson and mesure so ferforþ þat we be nouȝt of power to maken him amendes [c1405 Hengwrt maken his amendes]. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil xiii. Prol. 98 Wald thou..mak amendis, I sal remyt this falt; Bot, other wais, that sete sal be full salt. 1611 Lev. v. 16 Hee shall make amends for the harme that he hath done. View more context for this quotation 1654 A. Palmer 142 They beleeve there's some good, and they do some good in coming, and this makes amends for much prophanesse. 1699 T. Brown Let. 25 July in (1707) I. ii. 99 I hope to make you Amends the next Post. 1725 R. Bradley at Box The Excellency of its Wood makes amends for its unagreeable Smell. 1836 J. Baillie Romiero iv. ii, in I. 80 Let me then restore my robbery; And here to make amends (Putting money into the basket.) 1879 A. T. de Vere Pref. p. xi The Saxon kings made amends for the wrongs inflicted by their ancestors upon the British Celts. 1906 F. M. Hueffer iii. iii. 260 He should make me amends in public for the foul words that knave uttered. 1955 O. Manning ii. vi. 138 The dry remoteness of his voice silenced Ellie for so long that he started to speak, as though to make amends. 2010 6 Sept. 43/3 In order to make amends for his wrongdoing, he had become a Messianic Jew. P2. 1952 Defamation Amendm. Bill in (House of Commons) 500 723 An offer of amends under this section shall be understood to mean an offer..to publish or join in the publication of a suitable correction of the words complained of, and a sufficient apology to the party aggrieved in respect of those words. 2009 (N. Ireland ed.) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 4 Lawyers believe fast-tracking could reduce costs hugely in some [libel] cases. They say such a scheme would give a defendant the opportunity to make an ‘offer of amends’ before costs spiralled out of control. Compounds society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] ?a1425 (a1415) (Harl.) (1917) 74 Schrifte of mouþe..& amendis makyng. a1450 (c1410) (Douce 295) v. f. 115v Þane þou makist in þine harpe astryng of the wolfe whiche shal shendyn the harpe of þine lyuynge & distroym it but þou it awey be sorewe of herte shrifte of mouthe & amends makynge. 1581 J. Marbeck 904 Satisfaction or amends making..to mine neighbour whome I haue offended. a1660 N. Bacon (1689) lxiv 133 Edward the first..having expiated the bloudy way of his riotous youth by his Holy War..now he betakes himself to amends making, by Justice in Government. 1860 ‘E. Wetherell’ & ‘A. Lothrop’ II. xix. 250 Dr. Harrison came up with one hand full of a most rare and elegant bunch of hothouse flowers. ‘My amends-making—’ he said as he presented it. 1973 2 383 Why should he pay the cost of the community's amends-making? 2009 R. M. Shapiro 128 When dealing with making amends we have to make a clear distinction between authentic amends making and apologizing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.c1330 |
