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amend
English
Etymology
From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ?mend? (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??m?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
amend (third-person singular simple present amends, present participle amending, simple past and past participle amended)
- (transitive) To make better; improve.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,[1]
- Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee;
- Mar not the thing that cannot be amended.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 13,[2]
- We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,[1]
- (intransitive) To become better.
- (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
- 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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 3,[3]
- Ay, sir; there are a crew of wretched souls
- That stay his cure: their malady convinces
- The great assay of art; but at his touch—
- Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand—
- They presently amend.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 3,[3]
- (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
- 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 23, p. 46,[4]
- The following motions cannot be amended:
- 1990, Doug Hoyle, Hansard, Trade Union Act, 1984, Amendment no. 2, 4 July, 1990,[5]
- It is necessary to amend the Act to preserve the spirit in which it was first passed into law […]
- 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 23, p. 46,[4]
Synonyms
- ameliorate
- correct
- improve
- See also Thesaurus:improve
- See also Thesaurus:repair
Related terms
Translations
Noun
amend (plural amends)
- (usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
References
- amend at OneLook Dictionary Search
- amend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- amend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Edman, Mande, Medan, ad-men, admen, deman, maned, menad, named
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renew
English
Etymology
From Middle English renewen, an alteration (possibly on analogy with Latin renov?re) of earlier anewen (“to renew”), from Old English ?en?wian (“to restore; renovate; renew”), equivalent to re- +? new. Cognate with Old High German giniuw?n (“to renew”), Middle High German geniuwen (“to renew”), Old Norse nýja (“to renew”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???nju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Hyphenation: re?new
Verb
renew (third-person singular simple present renews, present participle renewing, simple past and past participle renewed)
- (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. [from 14thc.]
- c.1596-98, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, scene i:
- In such a night / Medea gather’d the enchanted herbs / That did renew old AEson.
- c.1596-98, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, scene i:
- (transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of. [from 14thc.]
- (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate. [from 14th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, Bible (Tyndale), Romans 12.2:
- And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
- 1526, William Tyndale, Bible (Tyndale), Romans 12.2:
- (now rare, intransitive) To become new, or as new; to revive. [15th-18thc.]
- , II.2.6.ii:
- […] to such as are in fear they strike a great impression, renew many times, and recal such chimeras and terrible fictions into their minds.
- 2010 September, Michael Allen, "St. Louis Preservation Fund", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, Vol.16, Is.9, p.74:
- Renewing neighborhoods dealing with vacant buildings badly need options other than demolition or dangerous vacant spaces.
- , II.2.6.ii:
- (transitive) To begin again; to recommence. [from 16thc.]
- 1660, John Dryden, translating Virgil, (apparently from Eclogue 4), a snippet of translation used to introduce Dryden's Astræa Redux: A poem on the happy restoration and return of His Sacred Majesty Charles II
- The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, / Renews its finished course ; Saturnian times / Roll round again.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
- 1660, John Dryden, translating Virgil, (apparently from Eclogue 4), a snippet of translation used to introduce Dryden's Astræa Redux: A poem on the happy restoration and return of His Sacred Majesty Charles II
- (rare) To repeat. [from 17thc.]
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds / Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- (transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:repair
Related terms
- renewal
Translations
Noun
renew (plural renews)
- Synonym of renewal
Derived terms
- urban renew
Anagrams
- newer, weren
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