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emend
[ ih-mend ]
verb (used with object)
- to edit or change (a text).
- to free from faults or errors; correct.
emend
/ ɪˈmɛnd /
verb
- tr to make corrections or improvements in (a text) by critical editing
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Derived Forms
- eˈmendable, adjective
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Other Words From
- e·menda·ble adjective
- none·menda·ble adjective
- une·menda·ble adjective
- une·mended adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emend1
C15: from Latin ēmendāre to correct, from ē- out + mendum a mistake
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Synonym Study
See amend.
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Example Sentences
Partly with the help of Toup, we may emend this corrupt passage as follows: , , .
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To emend the Vulgate by the Hebrew and Greek is exactly what the heretics seek to do.
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Second, all critics have agreed to condemn the digression in which Theobald advertised his ability to emend Greek texts.
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Some of these are trivial slips that a scribe copying B might emend on his own initiative, or perhaps by a lucky mistake.
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The alteration is very slight, affecting only one letter, and may be due to error in transcription or to mere desire to emend.
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