amend
IPA: ʌmˈɛnd
noun
- (usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
- A surname.
- (informal, of a document, usually in the plural) Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”). [An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.]
verb
- (transitive) To make better; improve.
- (intransitive) To become better.
- (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
- (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
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Examples of "amend" in Sentences
- He needed to amend the avulsion.
- The first edits were not amended.
- The Commons rejected the amendment.
- The mayhem inspired the 12th amendment.
- The Amendment act amends the regulations.
- Who will then countersign such amendment
- Nice to see the response and the amendment.
- The angle of the aileron should be amended.
- The amendment passed unanimously in the Senate.
- The Fifteenth Amendment is the third of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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