1.  amend(v = verb.communication) Array - make amendments to; "amend the document"
is one way to revise
Derived forms adjective amendatory₁, noun amendment₁, noun amendment₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  amend(v = verb.change) ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form adjective amendable₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

3.  amend(v = verb.change) rectify, remediate, remedy, repair - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
is one way to correct, rectify, right
Derived form adjective amendable₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

   To change or modify in any way for the better [1913 Webster]
"Mar not the thing that can not be amended." [1913 Webster]
"An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought." [1913 Webster]
"We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman." [1913 Webster]

   To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

amend, v.tr.
1 make minor improvements in (a text or a written proposal).
2 correct an error or errors in (a document).
3 make better; improve.

Usage:
Often confused with emend, a more technical word used in the context of textual correction.

Derivative:
amendable adj. amender n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF amender ult. f. L emendare EMEND

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