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e⋅mend

[i-mend]
–verb (used with object)
1. to edit or change (a text).
2. to free from faults or errors; correct.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< MF emender) < L ēmendāre to correct, equiv. to ē- e- + mend(um) fault + -āre inf. suffix


e⋅mend⋅a⋅ble, adjective


1, 2. See amend.
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e·mend   (ĭ-měnd')   
tr.v.   e·mend·ed, e·mend·ing, e·mends
To improve by critical editing: emend a faulty text.

[Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendāre : ē-, ex-, ex- + mendum, defect, fault.]
e·mend'er n.
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Word Origin & History

emend 
c.1400, from L. emendare "to free from fault," from ex- "out" + mendum (nom. menda) "fault, blemish."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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