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Definition of amending : of Amend

Synonyms:

fixing, rectifying, adjusting, revising, patching, correcting, altering, repairing, improving, remedying

Usage examples:

• Seeing several of his old companions in the crowd, he called out to them and desired them to take notice of his death and by amending their lives avoid following him thither. - "Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences", Arthur L. Hayward.
• The amending clause of any constitution is a good index of the confidence the authors entertained about the reach of their opinions in the succeeding generations. - "Public Opinion", Walter Lippmann.
• They announced boldly that if the machine succeeded in amending the measure, they, the anti- gambling Senators and Assemblymen, would work to prevent the passage of the amended bill. - "Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909", Franklin Hichborn.