# amend

Pronunciation: say "uh-MEND" /əˈmɛnd/

## Verb

1. To make a formal alteration to legislation, a report, or a similar document by adding, deleting, or rephrasing parts.
   - Simple: To officially change a law, report, or document by adding, removing, or rewording parts.
   - _Congress amended the statute to close a tax loophole._
   - _The board moved to amend the proposal before the final vote._
2. To improve something by changing or correcting what is wrong with it.
   - Simple: To change something to make it better than before.
   - _The new policy did much to amend working conditions at the plant._
   - _Years of careful practice amended her technique considerably._
3. To improve of one's own accord; to grow better in character or condition.
   - Simple: To get better, especially in how someone behaves.
   - _He promised his temper would amend with patience and effort._
   - _Her health amended slowly through the spring._

## Noun

4. An act that rights a wrong or compensates for harm done.
   - Simple: Something done to make up for a wrong or to fix harm caused to someone.
   - _The company made amends to the families affected by the spill._
   - _No amends could undo the damage to her reputation._
5. Clipping of amendment. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).
   - Simple: A short form of amendment. An informal word for a change made to a document.
   - _The client came back with a long list of amends to the second draft._
   - _The editor accepted every amend the author proposed._

## Verb

6. To heal someone who is sick; to cure a disease or affliction. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To heal a sick person or cure a disease.
   - _The monks believed prayer and rest would amend the wounded traveler._
   - _Her careful nursing amended the soldier's festering wound._
7. To regain health after an illness, or to be cured of it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To get well again after being sick.
   - _The wounded knight prayed that he might amend before the next battle._
   - _She amended slowly after the long winter sickness._

## Origin

From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō ("free from faults"), which combines ex ("from, out of") with mendum ("fault"). It is a doublet of emend and related to the aphetic form mend.

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