单词 | amend |
释义 | amend —amendable, adj. —amender, n. /euh mend"/, v.t. 1. to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill. 2. to change for the better; improve: to amend one's ways. 3. to remove or correct faults in; rectify. v.i. 4. to grow or become better by reforming oneself: He amends day by day. [1175-1225; ME amenden < OF amender < L emendare to correct, equiv. to e- E- + mend(a) blemish + -are inf. suffix] Syn. 2. ameliorate, better. 3. AMEND, EMEND both mean to improve by correcting or by freeing from error. AMEND is the general term, used of any such correction in detail: to amend spelling, punctuation, grammar. EMEND usually applies to the correction of a text in the process of editing or preparing for publication; it implies improvement in the sense of greater accuracy: He emended the text of the play by restoring the original reading. 4. improve, ameliorate. Ant. 2, 4. worsen. |
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