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emend definition

emend (ē mend′, i-)

transitive verb

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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