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    amend
    a‧mend AC /əˈmend/ verb [transitive] formal
     Word Family: verb: amend; noun: amendment
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Old French
     Origin: amender, from Latin emendare; ⇨ emend
    to correct or make small changes to something that is written or spoken:
        The law was amended to include women.
        The defendant later amended his evidence.
        ‘Steve stole it – or rather borrowed it,’ he amended.
    —amended adjective:
        an amended version