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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•mend /əˈmɛnd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Governmentto modify, rephrase, or change (a bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- to change for the better;
improve:She needs to amend her ways.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•mend (ə mend′),USA pronunciation v.t. - Governmentto alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- to change for the better;
improve:to amend one's ways. - to remove or correct faults in;
rectify.
v.i. - to grow or become better by reforming oneself:He amends day by day.
- Latin ēmendāre to correct, equivalent. to ē- e- + mend(a) blemish + -āre infinitive suffix
- Old French amender
- Middle English amenden 1175–1225
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ameliorate, better.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Amend, emend both mean to improve by correcting or by freeing from error. Amend is the general term, used of any such correction in detail:to amend spelling, punctuation, grammar.Emend usually applies to the correction of a text in the process of editing or preparing for publication; it implies improvement in the sense of greater accuracy:He emended the text of the play by restoring the original reading.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged improve, ameliorate.
- 2, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worsen.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: amend /əˈmɛnd/ vb (transitive)- to improve; change for the better
- to remove faults from; correct
- to alter or revise (legislation, a constitution, etc) by formal procedure
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre to emendaˈmendable adj aˈmender n |