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   amend

   /əˈmɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. make minor changes to (a text, piece of legislation, etc.) in order to make it fairer or more accurate, or to reflect changing circumstances: "the rule was amended to apply only to non-members"
   • 2. improve the texture or fertility of (soil): "amend your soil with peat moss or compost"
   • ▪ put right: archaic "a few things had gone wrong, but these had been amended"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French amender, based on Latin emendare (see emend).

   Derivatives

   • 1. amendable adjective
   • 2. amender noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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