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Word of the Day – Amendatory

By August 26, 2022Word of the Day

Amendatory (adj)

a-men-da-taw-ree

serving to alter, improve, or rectify; corrective.

Amendatory “serving to alter” is an Americanism based on Late Latin ēmendātōrius, with the ē- swapped out with the a- from amend. The source of all these words is the Latin verb ēmendāre “to correct,” equivalent to ē (or ex) “out of, from” plus menda “blemish, fault, mistake.”

Example sentences

“We need to take amendatory action!”

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