EMEND

emend

(verb) make improvements or corrections to; “the text was emended in the second edition”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

emend (third-person singular simple present emends, present participle emending, simple past and past participle emended)

(transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document).

Anagrams

• Emden, Meden, Mende

Source: Wiktionary


E*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.]

Definition: To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.

Syn.

– To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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