amend

One entry found for amend.

Main Entry: amend
Pronunciation: &-'mend
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French amender, modification of Latin emendare, from e, ex out + menda fault; akin to Latin mendax lying, mendicus beggar, and perhaps to Sanskrit mindA physical defect
transitive verb
1 : to put right; especially : to make emendations in (as a text)
2 a : to change or modify for the better : IMPROVE <amend the situation> b : to alter especially in phraseology; especially : to alter formally by modification, deletion, or addition <amend a constitution>
intransitive verb : to reform oneself
synonym see CORRECT
- amend·able /-'men-d&-b&l/ adjective
- amend·er noun