AMEND

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, modification of Latin emendare, from e, ex out + menda fault; akin to Latin mendax lying, mendicus beggar, and perhaps to Sanskrit mindā physical defect Date: 13th century transitive verb to put right, 2. to change or modify for the better ; improve , to alter especially in phraseology, intransitive verb to reform oneself, see: correct ~able adjective ~er noun