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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Amend \A*mend"\ ([.a]*m[e^]nd"), v. i.
     To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or
     morals; to improve. ``My fortune . . . amends.'' --Sir P.
     Sidney.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Amend \A*mend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Amending.] [F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum,
     menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf.
     Emend, Mend.]
     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.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               Mar not the thing that can not be amended. --Shak.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               An instant emergency, granting no possibility for
               revision, or opening for amended thought. --De
                                                    Quincey.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by
               wedding her to a Norman.             --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To Amend, Emend, Correct, Reform, Rectify.
  
     Usage: 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.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Amend \A*mend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Amending.] [F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum,
     menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf.
     Emend, Mend.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Amend \A*mend"\ ([.a]*m[e^]nd"), v. i.
     To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or
     morals; to improve. ``My fortune . . . amends.'' --Sir P.
     Sidney.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  amend
       v 1: make amendments to; "amend the document"
       2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his
          changes" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate]
          [ant: worsen]
       3: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
          the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify,
           remediate, remedy, repair]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  amend
     Αγγλικά vb.
     τροποποιώ (πχ νομοθεσία, σύνταγμα)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  amend
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong;
  compensation.
     2 (lb en informal of a document usually in the plural) (clip of en
  amendment  alteration or change for the better)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make better; improve.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become better.
     3 (lb en obsolete transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a
  disease etc.).
     4 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover
  (from an illness).
     5 (lb en transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a
  report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  amend.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en amendment)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Amend
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  amend
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong;
  compensation.
     2 (lb en informal of a document usually in the plural) (clip of en
  amendment  alteration or change for the better)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make better; improve.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become better.
     3 (lb en obsolete transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a
  disease etc.).
     4 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover
  (from an illness).
     5 (lb en transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a
  report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  amend.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en amendment)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Amend
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  amend
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong;
  compensation.
     2 (lb en informal of a document usually in the plural) (clip of en
  amendment  alteration or change for the better)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make better; improve.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become better.
     3 (lb en obsolete transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a
  disease etc.).
     4 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover
  (from an illness).
     5 (lb en transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a
  report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  amend.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en amendment)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Amend
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  amend
     n.
     1 (lb en usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong;
  compensation.
     2 (lb en informal of a document usually in the plural) (clip of en
  amendment  alteration or change for the better)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make better; improve.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become better.
     3 (lb en obsolete transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a
  disease etc.).
     4 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover
  (from an illness).
     5 (lb en transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a
  report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  amend.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en amendment)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Amend
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  amend
     Englanti vb.
     1 muuttaa (''säädöstä'')
     2 korjata
     3 (yhteys vanhentunut k=en) parantaa, parantua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  amend
     Engelska vb.
     1 ''(transitivt)'' ändra, rätta, förbättra, fixa
     2 ''(intransitivt)'' bättra sig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  amend /ɐmˈɛnd/
  amendeer

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Amend /ɐmˈɛnd/
  حسّن

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  amend //əˈmɛnd// 
  1. кориги́рам
  to make a formal alteration
  2. подобрявам, поправям
  to make better