amend

1. (transitive)To make better; improve.

   verbessern, ausbessern

   улучша́тьulučšátʹ, соверше́нствоватьsoveršénstvovatʹ, исправля́тьispravljátʹ

   покра́щуватиpokráščuvaty, виправля́тиvypravljáty

   to make better

2. (intransitive)To become better.

   verbessern

   улучша́тьсяulučšátʹsja, соверше́нствоватьсяsoveršénstvovatʹsja, исправля́тьсяispravljátʹsja

3. (transitive)To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

   We amended the rules so that we could admit 20 more members to the club.

   1990, Doug Hoyle, Hansard, Trade Union Act, 1984, Amendment no. 2, 4 July, 1990, It is necessary to amend the Act to preserve the spirit in which it was first passed into law […]

   novellieren

   вноси́ть измене́нияvnosítʹ izmenénija, вноси́ть попра́вкиvnosítʹ poprávki

   вно́сити змі́ниvnósyty zmíny

4. (obsolete, transitive)To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

5. (intransitive, obsolete)To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).

1. It's never too late to make amends.

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2. I felt I needed to make amends.

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3. Tom said that he wanted to make amends.

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4. Tom says it isn't too late to make amends.

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5. We're not trying to make amends.

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