Amend
(verb)
- Make small improvements or corrections to (something).
- Make changes to (a legal document or proposal) to make it fairer or more accurate.
Origin:
Late middle english (in the sense "rectify, put right"): from old french amender, from latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) "out" + mendare "to mend".
Examples:
- The bill will be amended to include additional provisions.
- She suggested amending the contract to reflect the new agreement.
- The senator proposed several amendments to the bill.
- The author decided to amend the manuscript to clarify some points.
- The committee approved the amendments to the constitution.