Definition of Amnd
A*mend" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Amending.] [F. amender, L. emendare; e
(ex) + mendum, menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda
personal defect. Cf. Emend, Mend.] To change or modify
in any way for the better; as, (a) by simply
removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the
like; (b) by supplying deficiencies;
(c) by substituting something else in the place of
what is removed; to rectify.
Mar not the thing that can not be amended.
Shak.
An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision,
or opening for amended thought.
De Quincey.
We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by
wedding her to a Norman.
Sir W. Scott.
To amend a bill, to make some change in the
details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage,
professedly for its improvement.
Syn. -- To Amend, Emend, Correct,
Reform, Rectify. These words agree in the idea of bringing
things into a more perfect state. We correct (literally, make
straight) when we conform things to some standard or rule; as, to
correct proof sheets. We amend by removing blemishes, faults,
or errors, and thus rendering a thing more a nearly perfect; as, to
amend our ways, to amend a text, the draft of a bill, etc.
Emend is only another form of amend, and is applied chiefly
to editions of books, etc. To reform is literally to form over
again, or put into a new and better form; as, to reform one's life.
To rectify is to make right; as, to rectify a mistake, to
rectify abuses, inadvertencies, etc.
A*mend" (&adot;*m&ebreve;nd"), v. i. To
grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to
improve. "My fortune . . . amends." Sir P. Sidney.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To make or become better; to improve
- To make a formal alteration in legislation by adding, deleting, or rephrasing
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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