Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amend

/əˈmɛnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: amend
IPA: /əˈmɛnd/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make better; improve.

Transitive verb

verb

To become better.

Intransitive verb

verb

To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Transitive verb

noun

An act of righting a wrong; compensation.

noun

Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).

Informal

name

Example Sentences

"Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee; Mar not the thing that cannot be amended."
"We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman."
"I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West."
"The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side. When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap; intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend."
"But Paridell complaynd, that his late fight / With Britomart, so sore did him offend, / That ryde he could not, till his hurts he did amend."
"he gave her a vomit, and conveyed a serpent, such as she conceived, into the basin; upon the sight of it she was amended."

Etymology

From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *mend-, amenden, amender, ēmendō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈmɛnd/
British English: /əˈmɛnd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

amends (present, singular) amending (participle, present) amended (participle, past) amended (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) amended (first person, past) amendest (archaic, present) amended (past, second person) amendedst (archaic, past) amendeth (archaic, present) amended (past, singular)

Derived Forms

amendability amendable amendation amendful amendment reamend

Phrases

make amends

Frequently Paired Words

emend

Synonyms

ameliorate correct improve rectify remediate remedy repair better meliorate

Rhymes With

end high-end friend send dead-end spend recommend tend attend trend defend extend

Questions

How do you pronounce amend?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈmɛnd/.
What does amend mean?: To make better; improve.
Where does amend come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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