amender

English

Etymology

amend +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

amender (plural amenders)

1. One who amends.

Translations

one who amends

• Portuguese: emendador m

• Scottish Gaelic: leasachair m

Anagrams

• Merenda, enarmed, meander, reamend, reedman, renamed

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French

Etymology

From Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre, present active infinitive of ēmendō (“I free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃.de/

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Verb

amender

1. (transitive) to amend
2. (transitive) to improve (e.g. land, conduct)
3. (transitive, figuratively) to mend (one's ways), reform

Conjugation

Conjugation of amender (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amender
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amendant /a.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amendé /a.mɑ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	amendes /a.mɑ̃d/	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	amendons /a.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/	amendez /a.mɑ̃.de/	amendent /a.mɑ̃d/
	imperfect	amendais /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/	amendais /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/	amendait /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/	amendions /a.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/	amendiez /a.mɑ̃.dje/	amendaient /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	amendai /a.mɑ̃.de/	amendas /a.mɑ̃.da/	amenda /a.mɑ̃.da/	amendâmes /a.mɑ̃.dam/	amendâtes /a.mɑ̃.dat/	amendèrent /a.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	amenderai /a.mɑ̃.dʁe/	amenderas /a.mɑ̃.dʁa/	amendera /a.mɑ̃.dʁa/	amenderons /a.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	amenderez /a.mɑ̃.dʁe/	amenderont /a.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amenderais /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	amenderais /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	amenderait /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	amenderions /a.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	amenderiez /a.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/	amenderaient /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	amendes /a.mɑ̃d/	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	amendions /a.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/	amendiez /a.mɑ̃.dje/	amendent /a.mɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	amendasse /a.mɑ̃.das/	amendasses /a.mɑ̃.das/	amendât /a.mɑ̃.da/	amendassions /a.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	amendassiez /a.mɑ̃.da.sje/	amendassent /a.mɑ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	—	amendons /a.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/	amendez /a.mɑ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• amendable
• amende

• amendement
• s'amender

Further reading

• “amender”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• méandre, méandré

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French amender < Latin ēmendō.

Verb

amender

1. to improve
2. to fine (impose a financial penalty upon)

Descendants

• French: amender

References

• amender on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, ēmendāre (“free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Verb

amender

1. (Jersey) to improve

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Old French

Etymology

Latin ēmendāre, present active infinitive of ēmendō (“I free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”). The prefixes a- and es- are often used interchangeably in Old French.

Verb

amender

1. to correct; to set right
2. to fix; to repair
3. (of an illness, etc.) to cure

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of amender (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		amender			avoir amendé
gerund		en amendant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		amendant
past participle		amendé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ament	amendes	amende	amendons	amendez	amendent
	imperfect	amendoie, amendeie, amendoe, amendeve	amendoies, amendeies, amendoes, amendeves	amendoit, amendeit, amendot, amendeve	amendiiens, amendiens	amendiiez, amendiez	amendoient, amendeient, amendoent, amendevent
	preterite	amendai	amendas	amenda	amendames	amendastes	amenderent
	future	amenderai	amenderas	amendera	amenderons	amenderoiz, amendereiz, amenderez	amenderont
	conditional	amenderoie, amendereie	amenderoies, amendereies	amenderoit, amendereit	amenderiiens, amenderiens	amenderiiez, amenderiez	amenderoient, amendereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	ament	amenz	ament	amendons	amendez	amendent
	imperfect	amendasse	amendasses	amendast	amendissons, amendissiens	amendissoiz, amendissez, amendissiez	amendassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	amende	—	amendons	amendez	—