amend
pronunciation
How to pronounce amend in British English:
UK [əˈmend]
How to pronounce amend in American English:
US [əˈmend]
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- Verb:
- make amendments to
- to make better
- set straight or right
Word Origin
- amend
- amend: see mend
- amend (v.)
- early 13c., "to free from faults, rectify," from Old French amender (12c.), from Latin emendare "to correct, free from fault," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + menda "fault, blemish," from PIE *mend- "physical defect, fault" (cognates: Sanskrit minda "physical blemish," Old Irish mennar "stain, blemish," Welsh mann "sign, mark"). Supplanted in senses of "repair, cure" by its shortened offspring mend (v.). Meaning "to add to legislation" (ostensibly to correct or improve it) is recorded from 1777. Related: Amended; amending.
Example
- 1. In california they often amend the constitution .
- 2. Pheu thai aims to amend the current constitution , drafted under military rule .
- 3. Within months of the slogan 's launch , officials decided to amend it .
- 4. And it cannot pass , or amend , laws which affect constitutional rights .
- 5. So a vocal contingent wanted the sbc to amend the faith and message todisavow private prayer language .