Associations to the word «Amend»

Wiktionary

AMEND, verb. (transitive) To make better.
AMEND, verb. (intransitive) To become better.
AMEND, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
AMEND, verb. (transitive) To make a formal alteration in legislation by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Dictionary definition

AMEND, verb. Make amendments to; "amend the document".
AMEND, verb. To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes".
AMEND, verb. Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky