Main Entry:

amend

Pronunciation:

\ə-ˈmend\

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 mindā physical defect

Date:

13th century

transitive verb1: 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 \-ˈmen-də-bəl\ adjective

— amend·er noun