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emend

[ ih-mend ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to edit or change (a text).
  2. to free from faults or errors; correct.


emend

/ ɪˈmɛnd /

verb

  1. 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·menda·ble adjective
  • none·menda·ble adjective
  • une·menda·ble adjective
  • une·mended adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of emend1

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French emender ) < Latin ēmendāre “to correct,” equivalent to ē- e- 1 + mend(um) “fault” + -āre infinitive suffix

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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: , , .

To emend the Vulgate by the Hebrew and Greek is exactly what the heretics seek to do.

Second, all critics have agreed to condemn the digression in which Theobald advertised his ability to emend Greek texts.

Some of these are trivial slips that a scribe copying B might emend on his own initiative, or perhaps by a lucky mistake.

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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