v.
Pronunciation: ə - ' 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 mind ā physical defect
Date: 13th century
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
synonyms see CORRECT
– amend · able \ - ' men-d ə -b ə l \ adjective
– amend · er noun