emend

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emend

/ɪˈmɛnd/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɛnd

Where it comes from

From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“to free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend.

verb emends · emending · emended

transitive To correct and revise (text or a document). Sixteen of these Letters, which were written at the suggestion of the Editor of the “St. James’s Gazette,” appeared in that journal, from which they are now reprinted, by the Editor’s kind permission. They have been somewhat emended, and a few additions have been made.

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verb to correct and revise

Español	emendar, enmendar, remendar
Deutsch	emendieren

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@misc{emend_2026,
  title = {emend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}