Definition of amend

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Amend (v. t.) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;.

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Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care..
Amende :: Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
Dispense :: Dispense (v. i.) To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
Amends :: Amends (n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
Amendable :: Amendable (a.) Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error..
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..
Rectify :: Rectify (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders..
Revise :: Revise (v. t.) To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary..
Reform :: Reform (n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government..
#NAME? :: -ory () An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc..
Atone :: Atone (v. i.) To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime..
Satisfactory :: Satisfactory (a.) Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology..
Reform :: Reform (v. t.) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals..
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense..
Redress :: Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
Compensatory :: Compensatory (a.) Serving for compensation; making amends.
Castigatory :: Castigatory (a.) Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
Amend :: Amend (v. t.) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.
Compensate :: Compensate (v. i.) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation..
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