Definition of emend in English:

emend

verb ɪˈmɛndəˈmɛnd

[with object]

1Make corrections and revisions to (a text)
these studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts
Example sentencesExamples
- Diels emended the sentence to say that Alcmaeon was ‘young’ in the old age of Pythagoras and a similar remark can be found in Iamblichus.
- In 1944 Harold playfully anticipated the problem when, having emended some of Jim's manuscript verse, he added as a consolation: ‘only Ern Malley could write like a genius all the time’.
- The first were the scabini, officials with specific juridical competence, the second were the iudices, responsible for reproducing and emending juridical texts, and finally the custodians of the lay archives.
- But the work shall not be wholly lost: for it will, as he believed, appear once more, in a new and more perfect edition, corrected and emended by another author.
- Many modern editions, including the Oxford, take the view that the novel in part derives from the play, and use it to emend the defective quarto text.
Synonyms
correct, rectify, repair, fix
improve, enhance, polish, refine, clarify
edit, alter, rewrite, revise, copy-edit, subedit, amend, change, modify
redraft, recast, rephrase, reword, rework, rescript
expurgate, censor, redact, bowdlerize
1. 1.1 Alter (something that is incorrect)
  the year of his death might need to be emended to 652
  Example sentencesExamples
  They emended the description of Behuninia as a conifer short shoot (instead of a seed) and added three new species, B. provoensis, B. bassii, and B. scottii.
  As shown by Fryda and Blodgett, the shell characters of Alaskacirrus fit well with the diagnosis of the family Cirridae Cossmann, 1916, as emended by Bandel.
  This arrangement was followed by Whittington in the Treatise, but was emended in 1963.
  Within individual poems the meditative voice can operate dialectically, considering a position and then emending it, but the position of poems in sequence also constitutes a dialectic, an on-going conversation.
  The guest curator, John Ayers, has written an essay for the catalogue that emends flaws in dating and attribution erroneously accepted as the last word for decades.
  Leslie emended the diagnosis of Belodina compressa, and provided detailed descriptions and discussion.
  The diagnosis is emended to include the internal nature of the processes, and the relationship of the processes to the vesicle interior.
  Ten species are reviewed and described in detail, and the diagnoses of three of these species, Allotropiophyllum heteroseptatum, Lophocarinophyllum taihuense, and Ipciphyllum regulare, are newly emended.
  It is clear, however, that Mamet and Pinard's diagnosis of the protonodosariid wall as a microgranular tectum must be emended.
  The genus is emended to account for the nature of the central body wall, as well as new evidence of tabulation including details of the archeopyle.
  It did not seem necessary to emend the satires (‘I Want a Writing Director,’ 1992; ‘Initiation Rites, Initiation Rights,’ 1991) as long as the conditions they addressed hadn't changed-and alas, they hadn't.
  Among all the functions related to the septal marginal fluting, the one suggested by Spath is emended and elaborated herein as the most reasonable one.
  Recognition of a separate gastroplitinid genus, Pseudogastroplites, is here maintained, but its diagnosis is emended.
  The diagnosis is emended here to accommodate the additional apical rays noted in this study.
  In 1969, Rolfe correctly emended the spellings of the archaeostracan families by inserting id before the familial suffix.
  The elements provisionally brought to ‘Leukorhinion’ sp. in this report may also be referable to Leukorhinion if it were emended to include species with anteroposteriorly compressed elements.
  It is our opinion that the taxa retained within the superfamily Glypheoidea may be incorporated into the infraorder Astacidea by emending the definition of the infraorder to include sub - to pseudochelate forms.
  A new genus, Ristedtoceras, is erected and the genus Pseudorthoceras Girty, 1911 is emended.
  One of these is ‘Brettia’, generally taken to be Britain, but as the other places in the list are towns in Italy, it seems much more likely that the name is a textual error which should be emended to Bruttium, a town in southern Italy.
  Synonyms
  revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + menda 'a fault'. Compare with amend.

mend from Middle English:
Even though it is found slightly earlier, mend is thought to be a shortening of amend, which along with emend are recorded within a few years of each other. They all go back to Latin emendare ‘to free from faults, correct’.

Rhymes

amend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defriend, depend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, lend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, on-trend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, portend, rend, reprehend, scrag-end, send, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, unfriend, upend, vend, weekend, wend

Definition of emend in US English:

emend

verbəˈmɛndəˈmend

[with object]

1Make corrections and improvements to (a text).
Example sentencesExamples
- The first were the scabini, officials with specific juridical competence, the second were the iudices, responsible for reproducing and emending juridical texts, and finally the custodians of the lay archives.
- Diels emended the sentence to say that Alcmaeon was ‘young’ in the old age of Pythagoras and a similar remark can be found in Iamblichus.
- Many modern editions, including the Oxford, take the view that the novel in part derives from the play, and use it to emend the defective quarto text.
- In 1944 Harold playfully anticipated the problem when, having emended some of Jim's manuscript verse, he added as a consolation: ‘only Ern Malley could write like a genius all the time’.
- But the work shall not be wholly lost: for it will, as he believed, appear once more, in a new and more perfect edition, corrected and emended by another author.
Synonyms
correct, rectify, repair, fix
1. 1.1 Alter (something) in such a way as to correct it.
  the year of his death might need to be emended to 652
  with clause he hesitated and quickly emended what he had said
  Example sentencesExamples
  The elements provisionally brought to ‘Leukorhinion’ sp. in this report may also be referable to Leukorhinion if it were emended to include species with anteroposteriorly compressed elements.
  The genus is emended to account for the nature of the central body wall, as well as new evidence of tabulation including details of the archeopyle.
  Leslie emended the diagnosis of Belodina compressa, and provided detailed descriptions and discussion.
  The guest curator, John Ayers, has written an essay for the catalogue that emends flaws in dating and attribution erroneously accepted as the last word for decades.
  One of these is ‘Brettia’, generally taken to be Britain, but as the other places in the list are towns in Italy, it seems much more likely that the name is a textual error which should be emended to Bruttium, a town in southern Italy.
  The diagnosis is emended here to accommodate the additional apical rays noted in this study.
  Among all the functions related to the septal marginal fluting, the one suggested by Spath is emended and elaborated herein as the most reasonable one.
  They emended the description of Behuninia as a conifer short shoot (instead of a seed) and added three new species, B. provoensis, B. bassii, and B. scottii.
  It is clear, however, that Mamet and Pinard's diagnosis of the protonodosariid wall as a microgranular tectum must be emended.
  In 1969, Rolfe correctly emended the spellings of the archaeostracan families by inserting id before the familial suffix.
  Recognition of a separate gastroplitinid genus, Pseudogastroplites, is here maintained, but its diagnosis is emended.
  A new genus, Ristedtoceras, is erected and the genus Pseudorthoceras Girty, 1911 is emended.
  The diagnosis is emended to include the internal nature of the processes, and the relationship of the processes to the vesicle interior.
  It did not seem necessary to emend the satires (‘I Want a Writing Director,’ 1992; ‘Initiation Rites, Initiation Rights,’ 1991) as long as the conditions they addressed hadn't changed-and alas, they hadn't.
  Within individual poems the meditative voice can operate dialectically, considering a position and then emending it, but the position of poems in sequence also constitutes a dialectic, an on-going conversation.
  This arrangement was followed by Whittington in the Treatise, but was emended in 1963.
  It is our opinion that the taxa retained within the superfamily Glypheoidea may be incorporated into the infraorder Astacidea by emending the definition of the infraorder to include sub - to pseudochelate forms.
  As shown by Fryda and Blodgett, the shell characters of Alaskacirrus fit well with the diagnosis of the family Cirridae Cossmann, 1916, as emended by Bandel.
  Ten species are reviewed and described in detail, and the diagnoses of three of these species, Allotropiophyllum heteroseptatum, Lophocarinophyllum taihuense, and Ipciphyllum regulare, are newly emended.
  Synonyms
  revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’. Compare with amend.

单词	emend
释义	Definition of emend in English: emend verb ɪˈmɛndəˈmɛnd [with object] 1Make corrections and revisions to (a text) these studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts Example sentencesExamples Diels emended the sentence to say that Alcmaeon was ‘young’ in the old age of Pythagoras and a similar remark can be found in Iamblichus. In 1944 Harold playfully anticipated the problem when, having emended some of Jim's manuscript verse, he added as a consolation: ‘only Ern Malley could write like a genius all the time’. The first were the scabini, officials with specific juridical competence, the second were the iudices, responsible for reproducing and emending juridical texts, and finally the custodians of the lay archives. But the work shall not be wholly lost: for it will, as he believed, appear once more, in a new and more perfect edition, corrected and emended by another author. Many modern editions, including the Oxford, take the view that the novel in part derives from the play, and use it to emend the defective quarto text. Synonyms correct, rectify, repair, fix improve, enhance, polish, refine, clarify edit, alter, rewrite, revise, copy-edit, subedit, amend, change, modify redraft, recast, rephrase, reword, rework, rescript expurgate, censor, redact, bowdlerize 1.1 Alter (something that is incorrect) the year of his death might need to be emended to 652 Example sentencesExamples They emended the description of Behuninia as a conifer short shoot (instead of a seed) and added three new species, B. provoensis, B. bassii, and B. scottii. As shown by Fryda and Blodgett, the shell characters of Alaskacirrus fit well with the diagnosis of the family Cirridae Cossmann, 1916, as emended by Bandel. This arrangement was followed by Whittington in the Treatise, but was emended in 1963. Within individual poems the meditative voice can operate dialectically, considering a position and then emending it, but the position of poems in sequence also constitutes a dialectic, an on-going conversation. The guest curator, John Ayers, has written an essay for the catalogue that emends flaws in dating and attribution erroneously accepted as the last word for decades. Leslie emended the diagnosis of Belodina compressa, and provided detailed descriptions and discussion. The diagnosis is emended to include the internal nature of the processes, and the relationship of the processes to the vesicle interior. Ten species are reviewed and described in detail, and the diagnoses of three of these species, Allotropiophyllum heteroseptatum, Lophocarinophyllum taihuense, and Ipciphyllum regulare, are newly emended. It is clear, however, that Mamet and Pinard's diagnosis of the protonodosariid wall as a microgranular tectum must be emended. The genus is emended to account for the nature of the central body wall, as well as new evidence of tabulation including details of the archeopyle. It did not seem necessary to emend the satires (‘I Want a Writing Director,’ 1992; ‘Initiation Rites, Initiation Rights,’ 1991) as long as the conditions they addressed hadn't changed-and alas, they hadn't. Among all the functions related to the septal marginal fluting, the one suggested by Spath is emended and elaborated herein as the most reasonable one. Recognition of a separate gastroplitinid genus, Pseudogastroplites, is here maintained, but its diagnosis is emended. The diagnosis is emended here to accommodate the additional apical rays noted in this study. In 1969, Rolfe correctly emended the spellings of the archaeostracan families by inserting id before the familial suffix. The elements provisionally brought to ‘Leukorhinion’ sp. in this report may also be referable to Leukorhinion if it were emended to include species with anteroposteriorly compressed elements. It is our opinion that the taxa retained within the superfamily Glypheoidea may be incorporated into the infraorder Astacidea by emending the definition of the infraorder to include sub - to pseudochelate forms. A new genus, Ristedtoceras, is erected and the genus Pseudorthoceras Girty, 1911 is emended. One of these is ‘Brettia’, generally taken to be Britain, but as the other places in the list are towns in Italy, it seems much more likely that the name is a textual error which should be emended to Bruttium, a town in southern Italy. Synonyms revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust Origin Late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + menda 'a fault'. Compare with amend. mend from Middle English: Even though it is found slightly earlier, mend is thought to be a shortening of amend, which along with emend are recorded within a few years of each other. They all go back to Latin emendare ‘to free from faults, correct’. Rhymes amend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defriend, depend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, lend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, on-trend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, portend, rend, reprehend, scrag-end, send, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, unfriend, upend, vend, weekend, wend Definition of emend in US English: emend verbəˈmɛndəˈmend [with object] 1Make corrections and improvements to (a text). Example sentencesExamples The first were the scabini, officials with specific juridical competence, the second were the iudices, responsible for reproducing and emending juridical texts, and finally the custodians of the lay archives. Diels emended the sentence to say that Alcmaeon was ‘young’ in the old age of Pythagoras and a similar remark can be found in Iamblichus. Many modern editions, including the Oxford, take the view that the novel in part derives from the play, and use it to emend the defective quarto text. In 1944 Harold playfully anticipated the problem when, having emended some of Jim's manuscript verse, he added as a consolation: ‘only Ern Malley could write like a genius all the time’. But the work shall not be wholly lost: for it will, as he believed, appear once more, in a new and more perfect edition, corrected and emended by another author. Synonyms correct, rectify, repair, fix 1.1 Alter (something) in such a way as to correct it. the year of his death might need to be emended to 652 with clause he hesitated and quickly emended what he had said Example sentencesExamples The elements provisionally brought to ‘Leukorhinion’ sp. in this report may also be referable to Leukorhinion if it were emended to include species with anteroposteriorly compressed elements. The genus is emended to account for the nature of the central body wall, as well as new evidence of tabulation including details of the archeopyle. Leslie emended the diagnosis of Belodina compressa, and provided detailed descriptions and discussion. The guest curator, John Ayers, has written an essay for the catalogue that emends flaws in dating and attribution erroneously accepted as the last word for decades. One of these is ‘Brettia’, generally taken to be Britain, but as the other places in the list are towns in Italy, it seems much more likely that the name is a textual error which should be emended to Bruttium, a town in southern Italy. The diagnosis is emended here to accommodate the additional apical rays noted in this study. Among all the functions related to the septal marginal fluting, the one suggested by Spath is emended and elaborated herein as the most reasonable one. They emended the description of Behuninia as a conifer short shoot (instead of a seed) and added three new species, B. provoensis, B. bassii, and B. scottii. It is clear, however, that Mamet and Pinard's diagnosis of the protonodosariid wall as a microgranular tectum must be emended. In 1969, Rolfe correctly emended the spellings of the archaeostracan families by inserting id before the familial suffix. Recognition of a separate gastroplitinid genus, Pseudogastroplites, is here maintained, but its diagnosis is emended. A new genus, Ristedtoceras, is erected and the genus Pseudorthoceras Girty, 1911 is emended. The diagnosis is emended to include the internal nature of the processes, and the relationship of the processes to the vesicle interior. It did not seem necessary to emend the satires (‘I Want a Writing Director,’ 1992; ‘Initiation Rites, Initiation Rights,’ 1991) as long as the conditions they addressed hadn't changed-and alas, they hadn't. Within individual poems the meditative voice can operate dialectically, considering a position and then emending it, but the position of poems in sequence also constitutes a dialectic, an on-going conversation. This arrangement was followed by Whittington in the Treatise, but was emended in 1963. It is our opinion that the taxa retained within the superfamily Glypheoidea may be incorporated into the infraorder Astacidea by emending the definition of the infraorder to include sub - to pseudochelate forms. As shown by Fryda and Blodgett, the shell characters of Alaskacirrus fit well with the diagnosis of the family Cirridae Cossmann, 1916, as emended by Bandel. Ten species are reviewed and described in detail, and the diagnoses of three of these species, Allotropiophyllum heteroseptatum, Lophocarinophyllum taihuense, and Ipciphyllum regulare, are newly emended. Synonyms revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust Origin Late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’. Compare with amend.
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