amend Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To free from error, correct1. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 32. ēmendo, 1B. Intrans. • amend: A. Trans.: I. To free from error, correct: 1. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3: it is easier to blame what is past than to a. it, praeterita magis reprehendi possunt quam corrigi, Liv.: to a. a speech, orationem c., Cic.: to a. the morals of a community, mores civitatis c., Cic. 2. ēmendo, 1: to a. a law, legem e., Suet.: to a. a vicious custom, consuetudinem vitiosam e., Cic.: to a. the vices of youth, vitia adolescentiae e., Nep.: v. to correct, improve. B. Intrans.: v. to mend, improve.
AMEND Copy link • AMENDTransitively, melius facere or efficere (to make better): corrigere (to correct or improve a whole that is defective, not right, etc.): emendare (to free anything from faults). (The words are found in this connection and order), corrigere et emendare; emendare et corrigere. To amend one’s ways, mores corrigere or emendare. Intransitively, to grow better in health, meliorem fieri; ex morbo convalescere: ex incommoda valetudine emergere. I am beginning to amend, meliuscule est mihi. To improve: of fortune, etc. “My fortune amends” (Sidonius), meae res sunt meliore loco. With respect to morals, mores suos mutare; in viam redire: ad virtutem redire or revocari; ad bonam frugem se recipere.