Vocabulary Word
Word: amend
Definition: correct; change ; generally for the better
Definition: correct; change ; generally for the better
Sentences Containing 'amend'
Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?
Most justly have these things happened unto thee: why dost not thou amend?
'Gentlemen, I wish you a good day, and hoping you and your families will also see your wickedness, and amend!'
And however the general experiences in the fishery may amend such reports as these; yet in their full terribleness, even to the bloodthirsty item of Povelson, the superstitious belief in them is, in some vicissitudes of their vocation, revived in the minds of the hunters.
Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?
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