Amend, 1) trans. to make better what was wrong, to improve: “weak sights their sickly radiance do a.” Compl. 214. “God a. us! God a.!” LLL IV, 3, 76. Mids. II, 1, 118. V, 214. Tw. I, 5, 48. II, 5, 81. Wint. V, 2, 166. H4A III, 1, 180. III, 3, 27. H4B I, 2, 142. Cymb. II, 3, 35. V, 5, 216. == to cure: “I am ill, but your being by me cannot a. me,” Cymb. IV, 2, 12. cf. II, 3, 35. H4B I, 2, 142. == to repair, to mend: “the case may be --ed,” Rom. IV, 5, 101. “I must excuse what cannot be --ed,” Cor. IV, 7, 12. “it is my shame to be so fond, but it is not in my virtue to a. it,” Oth. I, 3, 321. Lucr. 578. Lucr. 578 All's III, 4, 7. R3 III, 7, 115. IV. 4, 291.
2) intrans. to become better from a bad state: “sin that --s is but patched with virtue,” Tw. I, 5, 54. Especially to recover: “the affliction of my mind --s,” Tp. V, 115. “at his touch they presently a.” Mcb. IV, 3, 145.