amend
verb/əˈmɛnd/
Frequency rank: #7,188 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to make changes or improvements to something, especially a document or law.
Example sentence
The committee decided to amend the proposal before putting it to a vote.
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