Amends, compensation, atonement: “what shall be thy a. for thy neglect of truth?” Sonn. 101, 1. “I'll kiss each several paper for a.” Gentl. I, 2, 108. “for a. to his posterity,” John II, 6. “Robin shall restore a.” Mids. V, 445. Mostly joined to the verb to make: “your compensation makes a.” Tp. IV, 1, 2. Lucr. 961. Mids. V, 441. H6C V, 1, 100. R3 IV, 4, 295. Mcb. III, 5, 14. Cymb. I, 6, 168. “make a. for sth.:” Gentl. III, 1, 331. “To make a p. a.: make thy love a.” Gentl. IV, 2, 99. Wiv. II, 3, 70. III, 1, 90. 5, 49. Err. II, 2, 54. H6C IV, 7, 2. R3 I, 1, 155. Oth. IV, 1, 255. “I cannot make you what a. I would,” R3 IV, 4, 309. Wrongly for amendment == recovery: Shr. Ind. 2, 99.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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