Emend
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To correct and revise (text or a document). transitive
"Sixteen of these Letters, which were written at the suggestion of the Editor of the “St. James’s Gazette,” appeared in that journal, from which they are now reprinted, by the Editor’s kind permission. They have been somewhat emended, and a few additions have been made."
- 2 make improvements or corrections to wordnet
Example
More examples"Sixteen of these Letters, which were written at the suggestion of the Editor of the “St. James’s Gazette,” appeared in that journal, from which they are now reprinted, by the Editor’s kind permission. They have been somewhat emended, and a few additions have been made."
Etymology
From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“I free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend.
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