Part 379

<h1>Amender</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*mend"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who amends.</def>

<h1>Amendful</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*mend"ful</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Much improving.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Amendment</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*mend"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>amendement</ets>, LL. <ets>amendamentum</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Correction of an error in a writ or process.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Improvement; reformation; emendation.</syn>

<h1>Amends</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*mends"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>amendes</ets>, pl. of <ets>amende</ets>. Cf. <er>Amende</er>.]</ety> <def>Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.</def> <mark>[Now const. with sing. verb.]</mark> "An honorable <i>amends</i>."

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Yet thus far fortune maketh us <b>amends</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amenity</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*men"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Amenities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>am\'82nit\'82</ets>, L. <ets>amoenitas</ets>, fr. <ets>amoenus</ets> pleasant.]</ety> <def>The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.</def>

<blockquote>A sweetness and <b>amenity</b> of temper. <i>Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This climate has not seduced by its <b>amenities</b>. <i>W. Howitt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amenorrh\'d2a</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*men`or*rh\'d2"a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ month + <?/ to flow: cf. F. <ets>am\'82norrh\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.</def>

<h1>Amenorrh\'d2al</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A*men`or*rh\'d2"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to amenorrh\'d2a.</def>

<h1>A mensa et thoro</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>A men"sa et tho"ro</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., from board and bed.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Ament</h1> <Xpage=48>

<hw>Am"ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amentum</ets> thong or strap.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of inflorescence; a catkin.</def>

<blockquote>The globular <b>ament</b> of a buttonwood. <i>Coues.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amentaceous</h1> <Xpage=48>