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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amended
adj
  1. of legislation
    Antonym(s): unamended
  2. modified for the better; "his amended ways"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amend \A*mend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Amending}.] [F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum,
      menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf.
      {Emend}, {Mend}.]
      To change or modify in any way for the better; as,
      (a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt,
            superfluous, faulty, and the like;
      (b) by supplying deficiencies;
      (c) by substituting something else in the place of what is
            removed; to rectify.
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