amender

English

Etymology

to amend + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

amender (plural amenders)

1. One who amends.

Translations

one who amends

• Scottish Gaelic: leasachair (gd) m

Anagrams

• meander, renamed

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French

Pronunciation

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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), to reform

Derived terms

• amendable
• amende
• amendement
• s'amender

Conjugation

   Conjugation of amender (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		amender			avoir amendé
gerund		en amendant			en ayant amendé
present participle		amendant
past participle		amendé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	amende	amendes	amende	amendons	amendez	amendent
	imperfect	amendais	amendais	amendait	amendions	amendiez	amendaient
	past historic1	amendai	amendas	amenda	amendâmes	amendâtes	amendèrent
	future	amenderai	amenderas	amendera	amenderons	amenderez	amenderont
	conditional	amenderais	amenderais	amenderait	amenderions	amenderiez	amenderaient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	amende	amendes	amende	amendions	amendiez	amendent
	imperfect1	amendasse	amendasses	amendât	amendassions	amendassiez	amendassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	amende	—	amendons	amendez	—
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Anagrams

• méandre, méandré

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Jèrriais

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”).

Verb

amender

1. to improve

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Old French

Verb

amender

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

Conjugation

• 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, amendez
gerund		en amendant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		amendant
past participle		amendé, amendez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	ament	ament	ament	amendons	amendez, amendés	amendent
	imperfect	amendoe, amendeie, amendoie	amendoes, amendeies, amendoies	amendot, amendeit, amendoit	amendions, amendiions	amendiez, amendiiez	amendoent, amendient, amendoient
	past historic	amenda	amendas	amenda	amendames	amendastes	amenderent
	future	amenderai	amenderas	amendera	amenderons	amenderez, amendereiz	amenderont
	conditional	amenderoe, amendereie, amenderoie	amenderoes, amendereied, amenderoied	amenderot, amendereie, amenderoie	amenderions, amenderiions	amenderiez, amenderiiez	amenderoent, amendereient, amenderoient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	ament	ament	ament	amendons	amendez	amendent
	imperfect	amendasse	amendasses	amendast	amendissons	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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	ament	—	amendons	amendez	—