amend

Definition

To make better; improve.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee; Mar not the thing that cannot be amended."
• "We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman."
• "I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West."