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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley