a. [f. AMEND v. as if on a L. ppl. stem *amendāt-: see -ORY, and cf. L. ēmendātōrius.] Of or pertaining to amendment; tending to amend. (U.S.)
a. 1859. Worcester cites Hale.
1854. Bancroft, Hist. U.S. (1876), VI. xlvi. 304. An amendatory bill was prepared.
1862. Lincoln, Message to Congr., in Times, 17 Dec., 9/6. I recommend the adoption of the following Resolution and Articles amendatory of the Constitution of the United States.
