amend

amend
v
1. alter, modify, adjust, qualify; change, make different, commute; transform, transfigure, transmute, metamorphose, convert; reconstruct, remodel, recast, remold, reorganize; reverse, turn, invert, transpose.
2. mend, emend, edit, correct, revise; rectify, redress, set right, put right, reform, straighten out; repair, fix, fix up; better, ameliorate, improve; purify, cleanse, clean, purge; doctor, touch up, polish; heal, curé, remedy, restore; compensate, recompense, repay, make up for, redeem; relieve, mitigate, lessen.
3. attach, adjoin, affix, append, suffix, annex, postfix, subjoin; join, unite, connect, adject, combine; add, add to, tag, tag on, tack on, put on; superpose, superimpose, superadd.

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