Meaning of EMEND
| Pronunciation: | | i'mend
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| | Definition: | | [v] make improvements or corrections to; of texts |
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| | See Also: | | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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 literary work); to alter for the better by
textual criticism, generally verbal.
Syn: To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See
{Amend}.
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