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emend

to edit or change (a text) to remove errors; to correct: We must emend the text before the book goes to print.
Not to be confused with:
amend – to alter, modify, rephrase; to add or subtract from: Congress may amend the tax bill.
amends – reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense; to make amends: He tried to make amends for his rudeness by bringing flowers.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree

e·mend

 (ĭ-mĕnd′)
tr.v. e·mend·ed, e·mend·ing, e·mends
To improve by critical editing: emend a faulty text.
[Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendāre : ē-, ex-, ex- + mendum, defect, fault.]
e·mend′er n.
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emend

(ɪˈmɛnd)
vb
(Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to make corrections or improvements in (a text) by critical editing
[C15: from Latin ēmendāre to correct, from ē- out + mendum a mistake]
eˈmendable adj
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e•mend

(ɪˈmɛnd)

v.t.
1. to edit or change (a text).
2. to revise or correct.
[1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French emender) < Latin ēmendāre to correct]
e•mend′a•ble, adj.
e•mend′er, n.
syn: See amend.
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emend


Past participle: emended
Gerund: emending

Imperative
emend
emend
Present
I emend
you emend
he/she/it emends
we emend
you emend
they emend
Preterite
I emended
you emended
he/she/it emended
we emended
you emended
they emended
Present Continuous
I am emending
you are emending
he/she/it is emending
we are emending
you are emending
they are emending
Present Perfect
I have emended
you have emended
he/she/it has emended
we have emended
you have emended
they have emended
Past Continuous
I was emending
you were emending
he/she/it was emending
we were emending
you were emending
they were emending
Past Perfect
I had emended
you had emended
he/she/it had emended
we had emended
you had emended
they had emended
Future
I will emend
you will emend
he/she/it will emend
we will emend
you will emend
they will emend
Future Perfect
I will have emended
you will have emended
he/she/it will have emended
we will have emended
you will have emended
they will have emended
Future Continuous
I will be emending
you will be emending
he/she/it will be emending
we will be emending
you will be emending
they will be emending
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been emending
you have been emending
he/she/it has been emending
we have been emending
you have been emending
they have been emending
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been emending
you will have been emending
he/she/it will have been emending
we will have been emending
you will have been emending
they will have been emending
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been emending
you had been emending
he/she/it had been emending
we had been emending
you had been emending
they had been emending
Conditional
I would emend
you would emend
he/she/it would emend
we would emend
you would emend
they would emend
Past Conditional
I would have emended
you would have emended
he/she/it would have emended
we would have emended
you would have emended
they would have emended
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.emend - make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"
ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

emend

verb
1. To prepare a new version of:
amend, emendate, revamp, revise, rework, rewrite.
2. To make right what is wrong:
amend, correct, mend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, right.
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Translations
يُصَحِّح ، يُنَقِّح
korrigererette
emendierenverbessern
leiîrétta; lagfæra
labot
düzeltmektashih etmek

emend

[ɪˈmend] VT → enmendar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

emend

[ɪˈmɛnd] vt [+ text] → corriger
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

emend

vt text → verbessern, korrigieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

emend

[ɪˈmɛnd] vt (text) → correggere, emendare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

emend

(iːˈmend) verb
to correct errors in (a book etc). The editor emended the manuscript.
ˌemenˈdation noun
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Appended to the essay is a reproduction of the only extant manuscript of the Treatise (Book 3, Part 3, Section 6), a list of textual variants derived from this manuscript, and the original text of the Appendix to Volume 3 of the Treatise, which includes Hume's famous 'second thoughts' about personal identity and passages emending parts of the text (674-84).
David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature: A Critical Edition (2 vols.)
They invoke the paleographical criterion of "h/th misreading" to retain F's "his money" (2.1.1) instead of emending to Q2 "this money" (unlike Taylor and Wells, Hibbard and recently Bate and Rasmussen) because such "misreading would be an easy error" (2006b: 219), whereas they emend F's "her drinke" to Q2 "their drink" (4.3.153/ TLN 3173) because F "must be wrong and is an easy h-/th- misreading" (326).
Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, eds. 2006: Hamlet. The Arden Shakespeare

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