Amend

a-mend', v. To change for the better; to cor- rect, reform. — To grow better. [F. amender. L. a, from, and rnendum, fault.] — Amend 'able, a. Capable of being, etc. — Amend'atory, a. Containing amendment; corrective. — Amend'er, n. — Amend'ment, n. An alteration for the better: correction of faults; reformation by quitting vices: in public bodies, an alteration in a bill or motion by adding, changing, etc. (Law.) Correction of im error in a writ or proce . — Amends', n. sing. and. pi. Compensation for lo or injury satisfaction equivalent.