emend
verb /iˈmend/
/iˈmend/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they emend | /iˈmend/ /iˈmend/ |
| he / she / it emends | /iˈmendz/ /iˈmendz/ |
| past simple emended | /iˈmendɪd/ /iˈmendɪd/ |
| past participle emended | /iˈmendɪd/ /iˈmendɪd/ |
| -ing form emending | /iˈmendɪŋ/ /iˈmendɪŋ/ |
- emend something to remove the mistakes in a piece of writing, especially before it is printed synonym correct
- The date of the battle needs to be emended to 1643.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’. Compare with amend.