Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Amend"
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) 1.7 (wn)
amend
v 1: make amendments to; "amend the document"
2: to make better; "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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