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Webster 1913 Edition
Amendment
A-mend′ment
,Noun.
[F.
amendement
, LL. amendamentum
.] 1.
An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
2.
In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
3.
(Law)
Correction of an error in a writ or process.
Syn. – Improvement; reformation; emendation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amendment
AMEND'MENT
, n.1.
An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or faults; reformation of life, by quitting vices. 2.
A word, clause or paragraph, added or proposed to be added to a bill before a legislature.3.
In law, the correction of an error in a writ or process.Shakespeare uses it for the recovery of health, but this sense is unusual.