"emend" meaning in English

See emend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈmɛnd/ [UK, US] Forms: emends [present, singular, third-person], emending [participle, present], emended [participle, past], emended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“I free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mend-}}, {{inh|en|enm|emenden}} Middle English emenden, {{der|en|la|ēmendō||I free from fault}} Latin ēmendō (“I free from fault”), {{doublet|en|amend}} Doublet of amend Head templates: {{en-verb}} emend (third-person singular simple present emends, present participle emending, simple past and past participle emended)
  1. (transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document). Tags: transitive Derived forms: emendable, emendation Related terms: amend Translations (to correct and revise): поправям (popravjam) (Bulgarian), esmenar (Catalan), emenderen (Dutch), emendieren (German), ēmendō (Latin), emendar [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document)."
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          "sense": "to correct and revise",
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          "sense": "to correct and revise",
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          "sense": "to correct and revise",
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          "sense": "to correct and revise",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "to correct and revise",
      "word": "поправям"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to correct and revise",
      "word": "esmenar"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to correct and revise",
      "word": "emenderen"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to correct and revise",
      "word": "emendieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to correct and revise",
      "word": "ēmendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to correct and revise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emendar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emend"
}

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