But I forget to retract, and make amende honorable to Mrs. Harte.
You see how just I am, and ready to make amende honorable to your ladyship.
He myght amende in a mynt while Al that amys stondes.
If preesthode were parfit, The peple sholde amende That contrarien Cristes lawe, And cristendom dispise.
Do-bet shal beten it and bouken it As bright as any scarlet, 8940 And engreyven it with good wille And Goddes grace toamende the, And sithen sende thee to satisfaccion For to sowen it after.
That is over longe," quod this lymytour, "I leve I shalamende it.
And dredelees, for hertes ese of yow, 1740 Right fayn wolde I amende it, wiste I how.
Often were these officers and the provost himself summoned to appear and make amende honourable before the assembly, notwithstanding which they retained their offices.
And yet from faultes I wyll not purge the same, but whatsoeuer they seme to be, they be in number ne yet in substaunce such, but that thy curteous dealing may sone amende them or forget them.
Whatever it was, and we will let all that go, he made the amende honorable the night we had tea together up there in the great house.
She would have made the amende honorable then, if it had taken all the strength of her soul.
And you that ar herars therof also I pray Where as ye knowe that ye be of this sorte: Amendeyour lyfe and expelle that vyce away.
A Englonde Englonde amende or be thou sure Thy noble name and fame can nat endure Amende lyst god do greuously chastyce.
I have some doubts as to whether this meaning of amende honorable be in accordance with our English notion of its import; and I shall be thankful to any of your readers who will help me to a solution.
It is possible that, at first, the amende honorable may have been designed as a "peine infamante;" but its modern acceptation would seem to admit of a more liberal construction.
To this class of words the French have given the designation of contre-verite; and, to my surprise, I find that they include therein the expression amende honorable.
And that ye me wolde as your brother trete, And taketh not my frendship in despyt; 135 And though your sorwes be for thinges grete, Noot I not why, but out of more respyt, Myn herte hath for to amende it greet delyt.
She now came to the porch of the Conciergerie, between the court and the first door, and there she was made to sit down, so as to be put into the right condition for making the 'amende honorable'.
Bertrade, made the amende honorable before the assembled bishops in Paris (1104).
I have no apology to offer, nor any amende save one.
The gentleman who should have offered us the amende has suddenly withdrawn himself.
Dean of Poulys, sede vacante; and therfore we abide in lawe, and wole not amende our plee.
And hou it stant of that degree Yit mai a man the sothe se: God mai amende it, whan he wile, I can ther to non other skile.
And wel I wot that he ne may Amende his wrong, it is so gret; For he to lytel of me let, 5840 Whan he myn oughne Soster tok, And me that am his wif forsok.
Forthi thi goodes forth withal, Mi Sone, loke thou despende, Wherof thou myht thiself amende 400 Bothe hier and ek in other place.
Bot if I live after this day, I schalamende it, if I may.
Mi fader, in mi conscience 4870 If ther be eny thing amis, I wol amende it after this, Toward mi love namely.
Mi fader hier hath bot a lite Of warison, and that he wende Hadde al be lost; bot now amende 3350 He mai wel thurgh your noble grace.
Wilneth nevere to wite Why that God wolde Suffre Sathan His seed to bigile; Ac bileveth lelly In the loore of holy chirche, 5850 And preie hym of pardon And penaunce in thi lyve, And for his muche mercy To amende yow here.
Al though thow strike me with thi staf, With stikke or with yerde, It is but murthe as for me, To amende my soule.
Amende thow it, if thow myght, 7330 For my tyme is to abide.
For-thi love we as leve bretheren, And ech man laughe of oother; And of that ech man may forbere Amende there it nedeth; And every man helpe oother, For hennes shul we alle.
A Jew wolde noght se a Jew Go janglyng for defaute, For alle the mebles on this moolde, And he amende it myghte.
While you have time, it will be well for you to make theamende honorable.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amende" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
