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Synonyms for amend

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-mend
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɛnd

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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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