AMEND
What does "AMEND" mean?
To make minor changes to a text, law, or document to improve or correct it.
Meanings
- To alter formally the wording of a document, law, or agreement. Congress voted to amend the bill before passing it.
- To correct or improve something; to put right. Please amend the figures in the second paragraph.
- To improve one's conduct or character. He promised to amend his ways after the warning. formal
Did you know?
- To 'amend' and to 'mend' are the same act in two registers: both come from Latin 'emendare', 'to remove a fault' - you amend a law and mend a sock with the very same root.
Word origin
From Latin 'emendare' (to free from fault), built on 'e-' (out of) plus 'menda' (a fault, blemish); it reached English through Old French 'amender'. The same root underlies 'mend'.
Remember it
AMEND = A + MEND: to amend is to mend a fault in the words.
A little poem
Cross out the line that did the quiet harm,
amend the page-then carry the fixed page warm.
couplet
Wordplay
- I tried to fix the constitution and my torn jeans on the same afternoon - turns out I was just amending and mending.
What it teaches
To amend is braver than to defend; admitting the fault is half of fixing it.
Quick facts
What does AMEND mean?
To make minor changes to a text, law, or document to improve or correct it.
Is AMEND a valid word?
Yes — AMEND is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AMEND?
AMEND has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AMEND come from?
From Latin 'emendare' (to free from fault), built on 'e-' (out of) plus 'menda' (a fault, blemish); it reached English through Old French 'amender'. The same root underlies 'mend'.
What can AMEND teach us?
To amend is braver than to defend; admitting the fault is half of fixing it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.