0 present participle of amend
1 to change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document:
Amending regulations is never easy; it is especially hard here.
This is easily seen in the context of amending thee and thou.
I have taken liberties in amending some of the particulars for my own use (especially in changing the frequently used mouse to a mosquito).
In some states amending of the charter could provide a way around this.
Today, the computer keyboard and the laser printer (among other devices) are amending this entrenched procedure in various radical, even paradoxical ways.
There are further sacrificial implications: correcting and amending were expected as results of the purification by fire.
The second, whether parliament is the appropriate body for amending the constitution at all, is discussed in the next section.
Some contributors revisit their sources with a view to amending our overall picture.
