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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: amender, from Latin emendare; EMEND

amend

 verb
     
a‧mend S3 [transitive] formal
to correct or make small changes to something that is written or spoken:
The law was amended to include women.
The defendant later amended his evidence.
'Steve stole it - or rather borrowed it,' he amended.
—amended adjective:
an amended version
WORD FOCUS: change WORD FOCUS: change
to change something: alter, adapt, adjust, amend, modify, revise, vary
to change a system or organization: restructure, reorganize, reform
to change something completely: transform, revolutionize
to change facts or information, or change what someone has said: twist, distort, misrepresent
easily changed: flexible, adaptable
impossible to change: fixed, final, irrevocable

➔ See also change
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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