~Amenden~, _v_. to amend, mend, MD, S, S2, C2, W; ~amended~, _pp_. S2;
~amendid~, W2.--OF. _amender_; Lat. _*e-mendare_, from _ex_ +
_mendum_, fault. (~A-~ 9.)

~Amene~, _adj_. pleasant, S3, NED; ~ameyn~, S3.--OF. _amene_;
Lat. _amoenum_.

~Amerant~, _sb_. amaranth, a fadeless flower, S3.--OF. _amarante_;
Lat. _amarantum_ (acc.); Gr. [Greek: amarantos.] (~A-~ II.)

~Amercy~, _v_. to amerce, fine, P, NED.--AF. _amercier_; from
OF. _estre a merci_ came _estre amercie_, then _amercier_.

~Amete~, _sb_. ant, emmet, NED; ~amte~, W2; ~emete~, Voc.; ~emote~,
NED; ~ematte~, Voc.; ~amtis~, _pl_., W2; ~amptis~, NED.--AS. _*æmete,
émete_. Cp. OHG. _ámeiza_; from OHG. á, off + _meizan_, to cut, as if
'the cutter or biter off.'

~Ametist~, _sb_. amethyst, NED; ~ametistus~, W (Rev. 21. 20);
~amatyste~, HD; ~amaste~, HD; ~amaffised~, MD.--OF. _ametiste_;
Lat. _amethystum_ (acc.); Gr. [Greek: amethustos.] (~A-~ 11.)

~Ameuen~, _v_. to be moved, NED; ~ameued~, _pt. s_.,
C2.--OF. _esmeuv_-, accented stem of _esmover_;
Lat. _exmou*ere_. (~A-~ 9.)

~Ameyn~; see ~Amene~.

~A-midde~, _adv_. and _prep_, amid, S2, C2, PP; ~amidden~, S;
~amydde~, PP.--AS. _on middan, on middum_. (~A-~ 2.)