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Emend
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What's The Definition Of Emend?
[v] make improvements or corrections to; of texts
Synonyms | Synonyms for Emend: Related Terms | Find terms related to Emend: acculturate | advance | alter | ameliorate | amend | better | blue-pencil | boost | bring forward | civilize | compensate | correct | edify | edit | educate | elevate | emendate | enhance | enlighten | enrich | fatten | favor | forward | foster | give satisfaction | go straight | improve | improve upon | lard | lift | make all square | make an improvement | make good | make right | meliorate | mend | nurture | pay reparations | polish | promote | put right | put straight | put to rights | raise | recense | recompense | rectify | redact | redraft | redress | refine upon | reform | remedy | remunerate | requite | retouch | revamp | revise | rework | rewrite | right | set right | set straight | set to rights | set up | socialize | straighten out | transfigure | transform | upgrade | uplift | work over See Also | ameliorate | amend | better | improve | meliorate Emend In Webster's Dictionary \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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