AMEND


Meaning of AMEND in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.

The president agreed to ~ the constitution and allow multi-party elections...

...the ~ed version of the Act.

= revise

VERB: V n, V-ed

2.

If you make ~s when you have harmed someone, you show that you are sorry by doing something to please them.

He wanted to make ~s for causing their marriage to fail.

PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR for n/-ing

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