amend has definitions from the field of writing
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[ verb ] (writing) make amendments to

Examples

"amend the document"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

The third amended the enabling_act for creation of the Lamar_county Hospital_District , for which a special constitutional amendment previously was adopted .

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

Section 8 ( b ) ( 2 ) of the Small_Business_Act , as amended , authorizes the SBA to make a complete inventory of the productive facilities of small business_concerns .

Related terms

revise amendment

2
[ verb ] to make better;

Examples

"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

Used in print

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

To be eligible to borrow from a Bank_for_Cooperatives , a cooperative must be an association in which farmers act together in processing and marketing farm products , purchasing farm supplies , or furnishing farm business services , and must meet the requirements set_forth in the Farm_Credit_Act_of_1933 , as amended .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18835
4
[ verb ] set straight or right

Examples

"remedy these deficiencies" "rectify the inequities in salaries" "repair an oversight"

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