AMENDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amended mean? 

• AMENDED (adjective)
  The adjective AMENDED has 2 senses:

1. of legislation

2. modified for the better

  Familiarity information: AMENDED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMENDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of legislation

Similar:

revised (altered or revised by rephrasing or by adding or deleting material)

Antonym:

unamended ((of legislation) not amended)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Modified for the better

Context example:

his amended ways

Similar:

better ((comparative of 'good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another)

 Context examples 

Currently authorized under 42 U.S. Code 284 (c)(3), Section 405(c)(3) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended.

(NCI Special Emphasis Panel, NCI Thesaurus)

While you can, of course, file an amended return, it’s always better to get things correct from the start.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“That is easily amended,” said he cheerily, and picking her lightly up, for she was much worn with time, he passed across with her.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"To get a line on things," he hastily amended.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

However, in 2012, it amended its regulations and banned the use of BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups.

(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"A Blessed Wolf," amended the Judge's wife.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“We can do it,” I amended.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The EUA is a statutory authority allowing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize the introduction into interstate commerce and the use of unapproved medical products or authorize unapproved uses of approved medical products intended for use in an actual or potential emergency, during an emergency declared under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), as amended by the Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-276).

(Emergency Use Authorization, Food and Drug Administration)

From you, from my home, I shall never again have the smallest incitement to move; and if I do mix in other society, it will be only to shew that my spirit is humbled, my heart amended, and that I can practise the civilities, the lesser duties of life, with gentleness and forbearance.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

This amended law, when applied to clusters of galaxies, leads to masses of clusters in line with that of visible matter: this means that no dark matter is needed to explain the high speeds of the galaxies in the clusters.

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)