amend

English

/əˈmɛnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To make better; improve.
  • (intransitive) To become better.
  • (obsolete) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
  • (obsolete) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
  • (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English amenden derived from Old French amender derived from Latin ēmendō (free from faults) root from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (fault, physical defect).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mend-

Gloss

fault, physical defect

Concept
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