v. t.
Mar not the thing that can not be amended. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
To amend a bill,
v. i. To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve. “My fortune . . . amends.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being amended;
a. Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. See Amend. ] A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amende honorable (Old French Law)
n. One who amends. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Much improving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. amendement, LL. amendamentum. ]
n. sing. & pl. [ F. amendes, pl. of amende. Cf. Amende. ] Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [ Now const. with sing. verb. ] “An honorable amends.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]