Amend

v. t.	1.	To change or modify in any way for the better [imp. & p. p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n. Amending.] Mar not the thing that can not be amended. - Shak. An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. - De Quincey. We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. - Sir W. Scott. To amend a bill to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement.
v. i.	1.	To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

Verb	1.	amend - make amendments to; "amend the document"
	2.	amend - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" Synonyms: ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better
	3.	amend - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" Synonyms: remediate, remedy, repair, rectify

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