emend

(ē mend, i-)

transitive verb

  1. Rare to correct or improve
  2. to make scholarly corrections or improvements in (a text)

Origin: ME emenden < L emendare, amend < e-, out (see ex-) + menda, a defect, error < IE *mend-, a flaw

See emend in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb e·mend·ed, e·mend·ing, e·mends
To improve by critical editing: emend a faulty text.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English emenden

Origin: , from Latin ēmendāre

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + mendum, defect, fault

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Related Forms:

  • e·mendˈer noun

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