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amend (verb)

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  • amend — ► VERB ▪ make minor improvements to (a document, proposal, etc.). DERIVATIVES amendable adjective. USAGE On the difference between amend and emend, see the note at EMEND(Cf. ↑emendation). ORIGIN L …   English terms dictionary

  • amend — a‧mend [əˈmend] verb [transitive] to make small changes to a law or a document, for example to improve it, to make it more accurate, or to take account of new conditions: • a controversial plan to amend the Constitution amendment noun [countable …   Financial and business terms

  • amend — vt 1: to change or modify for the better 2: to alter esp. in the wording; esp: to alter formally by modification, deletion, or addition amend ed the statute amend the complaint to cure the defect amend·able adj …   Law dictionary

  • amend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French amender, modification of Latin emendare, from e, ex out + menda fault; akin to Latin mendax lying, mendicus beggar, and perhaps to Sanskrit mindā physical defect Date: 13th century transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Amend — as a verb means to change or modify something, as in: *Constitutional amendment *Amend (motion), a motion to modify a pending main motion in parliamentary procedure *Amend something previously adopted, a motion to modify a previously adopted… …   Wikipedia

  • amend — verb /əˈmɛnd/ a) To make better. But Paridell complaynd, that his late fight / With Britomart, so sore did him offend, / That ryde he could not, till his hurts he did amend. b) To become better. he gave her a vomit, and conveyed a serpent, such… …   Wiktionary

  • amend — verb Amend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑act, ↑bill, ↑charter, ↑clause, ↑constitution, ↑law, ↑legislation, ↑statute, ↑treaty …   Collocations dictionary

  • amend — verb 1》 make minor improvements to (a document, proposal, etc.). 2》 archaic put right. Derivatives amendable adjective amender noun Origin ME: from OFr. amender, based on L. emendare (see emend) …   English new terms dictionary

  • amend — verb (T) to make small changes or improvements to a law or document …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • amend — verb the membership application was recently amended Syn: revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust; edit, copyedit, rewrite, redraft, rephrase, reword, rework, revamp …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • amend — verb Syn: revise, alter, change, modify, adapt, adjust, edit, rewrite, redraft, rephrase, reword …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

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