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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amend \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amend \A*mend"\ ([.a]*m[e^]nd"), v. i. To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. ``My fortune . . . amends.'' --Sir P. Sidney. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amend v 1: make amendments to "amend the document" 2: to make better in quality or more valuable; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes." [syn: {better}, {improve}, {ameliorate}, {meliorate}] [ant: {worsen}] 3: set straight or right [syn: {rectify}, {remedy}]
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