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    emend
    /ɪˈmɛnd/

    verb

    • 1. make corrections and revisions to (a text): "these studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts"

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  2. The meaning of EMEND is to correct usually by textual alterations. How to use emend in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Emend.

  3. to correct or improve a text: The text is currently being emended and will be published shortly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Editing & compiling. abridged. anthologist. blue pencil. bowdlerization. bowdlerized. co-edit. compile. dub. excerpt. non-editorial. over-edit. post-editing. proofreading. recension. revise. subedit. undubbed

  4. When you emend a piece of writing, you correct or revise it. If you are asked to emend a report, that just means you need to go through it and make revisions. Emend is similar in spelling and pronunciation to another word, amend, and there’s a slight overlap in meaning as well.

  5. Emend definition: to edit or change (a text).. See examples of EMEND used in a sentence.

  6. transitive verb. 1. to edit or change (a text) 2. to free from faults or errors; correct. SYNONYMS 1, 2. See amend.

  7. Define emend. emend synonyms, emend pronunciation, emend translation, English dictionary definition of emend. to edit or change to remove errors; to correct: We must emend the text before the book goes to print.

  8. 1. Rare. to correct or improve. [...] 2. to make scholarly corrections or improvements in (a text) [...] More. Conjugations of 'emend' present simple: I emend, you emend [...] past simple: I emended, you emended [...] past participle: emended. More. Synonyms of 'emend' • put right, correct, right, improve [...] More.