emendate

[ ee-muhn-deyt, em-uhn-, ih-men-deyt ]

verb (used with object)

, e·men·dat·ed, e·men·dat·ing.

1. to emend (a text).

Other Words From

• emen·dator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emendate¹

1875–80; < Latin ēmendātus, past participle of ēmendāre. See emend, -ate ¹