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Amend v. t. (past & past part. amended; pres. part. amending) To change or modify in any way for the better; as,

(a)

By simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

(b)

By supplying deficiencies;

(c)

By substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify. "Mar not the thing that can not be amended." "An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought." "We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman."

To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement.

Synonyms: To Amend, Emend, Correct, Reform, Rectify. These words agree in the idea of bringing things into a more perfect state. We correct (literally, make straight) when we conform things to some standard or rule; as, to correct proof sheets. We amend by removing blemishes, faults, or errors, and thus rendering a thing more a nearly perfect; as, to amend our ways, to amend a text, the draft of a bill, etc. Emend is only another form of amend, and is applied chiefly to editions of books, etc. To reform is literally to form over again, or put into a new and better form; as, to reform one's life. To rectify is to make right; as, to rectify a mistake, to rectify abuses, inadvertencies, etc.

Amend v. i. To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. "My fortune... amends."

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Etymology of 'Amend'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Amend" Quotes from Famous Books

... it the first running of the Malt, but yet of a longer Length than is drawn for the Stout; It has but few Hops boiled in it, and is sold for Eight-pence per Gallon at the Brewhouse out of the Tun, and is generally made to amend the common brown Ale with, on particular Occasions. This Ale I remember was made use of by [Blank space] Medlicot Esq; in the beginning of a Consumption, and I heard him say, it did him very great Service, for he ...

— The London and Country Brewer • Anonymous

... before he left her, swore that he would amend his mode of life, but he did not go to see Lady Teazle that night. There were plenty of men now back in town ready to play ...

— Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite • Anthony Trollope

... it ought not to be allowed, and the decision must be affirmed, but the applicant will be allowed to amend as suggested. ...

— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various

... completed, by a this-world impulse to creation: a desire to fix within the time-order, and share with other men, the vision by which they were possessed. Each one, thus bringing new aspects of beauty, new ways of seeing and hearing within the reach of the race, does something to amend the sorry universe of common sense, the more hideous universe of greed, and redeem his fellows from their old, slack servitude to a lower range of significances. It is in action, then, that these find their truest and safest point ...

— Practical Mysticism - A Little Book for Normal People • Evelyn Underhill

... men of business, than to be pestered with the incessant advice, hopes and fears, cautions and explanations, cunning suggestions, superficial knowledge, and profound ignorance, of lady or gentlemen lawyers. Alfred now begged and obtained permission from the court to amend the Lady Jane Granville's last plea—he thenceforward conducted the business, and played the game of special pleading with such strict and acute attention to the rules, that there were good hopes the remaining portion of her ladyship's fortune, which was now at stake, might be saved. ...

— Tales and Novels, Vol. VII - Patronage • Maria Edgeworth

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