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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uh-mend |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɛnd |
Definition of amend
Origin :- early 13c., "to free from faults, rectify," from Old French amender (12c.), from Latin emendare "to correct, free from fault," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + menda "fault, blemish," from PIE *mend- "physical defect, fault" (cf. Sanskrit minda "physical blemish," Old Irish mennar "stain, blemish," Welsh mann "sign, mark").
- Supplanted in senses of "repair, cure" by its shortened offspring mend (v.). Meaning "to add to legislation" (ostensibly to correct or improve it) is recorded from 1777. Related: Amended; amending.
- verb improve, correct
- I was for going to Wiscasset, like two prodigals, own our fault, and endeavour to amend.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- A proof of each of the songs that I compose or amend I shall receive as a favour.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Let us amend it as soon as possible, only in this case let me pay for the drinks.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- We forgave all his misconduct, and my husband talked to him and implored him to amend.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Alter, amend, add to or take away from them, exactly as you think best.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- But he saw the blunder, and hastened to amend the error as best he might.
- Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby
- Do gentlemen claim it is unconstitutional to amend the Constitution?
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- When any one has done a wrong that he can not amend, the only manly course is to confess.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 » by Various
- "I should amend the motion by suggesting that we all go to bed," laughed he.
- Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
- Thus we may amend by art what nature, if left to herself, would mar.
- Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
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