emend

emend
amend, emend
1. Amend is the more common word, used of making adjustments to a document or formal proposal (such as a parliamentary act), and also as a special word for ‘to change’ or ‘to alter’ in the context of personal behaviour. Its etymological meaning is ‘free from fault’ (from Latin mendum or menda ‘fault, blemish’), and there is always a notion of correction or improvement in its meaning.
2. Emend and emendation are used mainly to refer to the activity of textual scholars in proposing changes in the reading of texts and manuscripts so as to make them more intelligible or remove errors.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • Emend — E*mend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emending}.] [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. [ e]mender. Cf. {Amend}, {Mend}.] To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emend — I verb adjust, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, correct, corrigere, do over, emendare, emendate, fix, help, improve, make better, make corrections, make improvements, make repairs, meliorate, mend, put in order, put right, reconstruct,… …   Law dictionary

  • emend — c.1400, from L. emendare to free from fault, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + mendum (nom. menda) fault, blemish (see AMEND (Cf. amend)). Related: Emended; emending …   Etymology dictionary

  • emend — *correct, rectify, revise, amend, remedy, redress, reform Analogous words: *mend, repair: improve, better, ameliorate Antonyms: corrupt (a text, passage) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • emend — [v] correct alter, amend, better, edit, emendate, improve, polish, rectify, redact, retouch, revise, right, touch up; concept 126 Ant. make mistake, worsen …   New thesaurus

  • emend — [ē mend′, imend′] vt. [ME emenden < L emendare, AMEND < e , out (see EX 1) + menda, a defect, error < IE * mend , a flaw] 1. Rare to correct or improve 2. to make scholarly corrections or improvements in (a text) …   English World dictionary

  • emend — UK [ɪˈmend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms emend : present tense I/you/we/they emend he/she/it emends present participle emending past tense emended past participle emended to correct mistakes in something, especially a piece of writing before …   English dictionary

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