Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Amend \A*mend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Amending}.] [F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum,
   menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf.
   {Emend}, {Mend}.]
   To change or modify in any way for the better; as,
   (a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt,
       superfluous, faulty, and the like;
   (b) by supplying deficiencies;
   (c) by substituting something else in the place of what is
       removed; to rectify.

Amend \A*mend"\ ([.a]*m[e^]nd"), v. i.
   To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or
   morals; to improve. ``My fortune . . . amends.'' --Sir P.
   Sidney.

Source : WordNet®

amend
     v 1: make amendments to; "amend the document"
     2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his
        changes" [syn: {better}, {improve}, {ameliorate}, {meliorate}]
        [ant: {worsen}]
     3: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
        the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: {rectify},
         {remediate}, {remedy}, {repair}]