Amend

a-mend′, v.t. to correct: to improve: to alter in detail, as a bill before parliament, often so fundamentally as to overthrow entirely the thing originally proposed.— v.i. to grow or become better.— adjs. Amend′able , Amend′atory , corrective.— n. Amend′ment , correction: improvement: an alteration proposed on a bill under consideration: a counter-proposal put before a public meeting: a counter-motion.— n.pl. Amends′ , supply of a lo : compensation: reparation. [Fr. amender for emender —L. emendāre , to remove a fault— e , ex , out of, and mend a , a fault.]