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1. (v.t.) amend
to modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
2. amend
to change for the better; improve.
3. amend
to remove or correct faults in; rectify.
4. (v.i.) amend
to grow or become better by reforming oneself.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME < OF amender < L ēmendāre to correct; see emend)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) amend
make amendments to
"amend the document"
2. (verb) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
to make better
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
3. (verb) rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
set straight or right
"remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) amend
to change or modify in any way for the better
2. (verb) amend
by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;
3. (verb) amend
by supplying deficiencies;
4. (verb) amend
by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify
5. (verb) amend
to grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve
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Sense: to correct or improve
We shall amend the error as soon as possible.
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 Afrikaans: regstel |
 Arabic: يَصْلُح، يَحْسُن |
 Bulgarian: поправям |
 Brazilian: corrigir |
 Czech: opravit |
 German: verbessern |
 Danish: rette; korrigere |
 Greek: διορθώνω, βελτιώνω |
 Spanish: enmendar, corregir |
 Estonian: parandama |
 Farsi: اصلاح کردن |
 Finnish: korjata |
 French: corriger |
 Hebrew: לְתָקֵן, לְשַׁפֵּר |
 Hindi: संशोधन करना |
 Croatian: ispraviti |
 Hungarian: (meg)javít |
 Indonesian: memperbaiki |
 Icelandic: breyta til batnaðar, bæta |
 Italian: correggere |
 Japanese: 改める |
 Korean: 수정하다 |
 Lithuanian: ištaisyti, pataisyti |
 Latvian: []labot; izdarīt labojumu |
 Malay: memperbetulkan |
 Dutch: verbeteren |
 Norwegian: rette på, forbedre |
 Polish: naprawiać, poprawiać |
 Persian: اصلاح کردن |
 Pashto: اصلاح کول |
 Portuguese: emendar |
 Romanian: aîndrepta |
 Russian: исправлять |
 Slovak: opraviť |
 Slovenian: popraviti |
 Serbian: izmeniti, dopuniti |
 Swedish: rätta till |
 Thai: ทำให้ดีขึ้น; ปรับปรุง |
 Turkish: düzeltmek, değişiklik yap |
 Taiwanese: 修正，改善 |
 Ukrainian: виправляти, вносити попра |
 Urdu: ترمیم کرنا ، درست کرنا |
 Vietnamese: sửa đổi |
 Chinese: 改正，amend |
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