AMEND


Meaning of AMEND in English

— amendable , adj. — amender , n.

/euh mend"/ , v.t.

1. to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.

2. to change for the better; improve: to amend one's ways.

3. to remove or correct faults in; rectify.

v.i.

4. to grow or become better by reforming oneself: He amends day by day.

[ 1175-1225; ME amenden amender emendare to correct, equiv. to e- E- + mend ( a ) blemish + - are inf. suffix ]

Syn. 2. ameliorate, better. 3. AMEND, EMEND both mean to improve by correcting or by freeing from error. AMEND is the general term, used of any such correction in detail: to amend spelling, punctuation, grammar. EMEND usually applies to the correction of a text in the process of editing or preparing for publication; it implies improvement in the sense of greater accuracy: He emended the text of the play by restoring the original reading. 4. improve, ameliorate.

Ant. 2, 4. worsen.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .