amend.
To make better; improve.
Meaning & usage
To make better; improve.
To become better.
To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
We amended the rules so that we could admit 20 more members to the club.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.
An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).
I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.
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