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 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 \-ˈmen-də-bəl\ adjective

— amend·er noun