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amender|əˈmɛndə(r)|
[f. amend v. + -er1.]
One who, or that which, amends. Const. usually of.
c1386Chaucer Wife's T. 341 Poverte is..A gret amender eek of sapiens. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 1557, 402/2 Theyr amenders and punyshers, God hath maynteyned and fauoured. a1776Ld. Lyttelton Wks. 1776 I. 85 That it [his motion] will not be mended..and then objected to and thrown out by the amenders. 1870Daily News 30 Mar., Ambitious of trying his hand as an amender of the Act. |