amend

Speech parts

1. amend - Noun

2. amend - Verb

3. Amend - Proper noun

Meaning

To change or modify in any way for the better

by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

by supplying deficiencies;

by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.

To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

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The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds. Maximus the Confessor

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Henry David Thoreau

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. Harry S. Truman

We need to augment and amend the existing body of classical and neoclassical economic theory to achieve a more realistic picture of economic process. Herbert Simon

No joy so great but runneth to an end, No hap so hard but may in fine amend. Robert Southwell

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. Barack Obama

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