The Wordsmith Dictionary

E *mend ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.]Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend. ]

Defn: 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.

EMENDABLE

E *mend "a *ble, a. Etym: [L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable. ]

Defn: Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.

EMENDATELY

EMENDATELY Em "en *date *ly, adv.

Defn: Without fault; correctly. [Obs. ]

EMENDATION

Em `en *da "tion, n. Etym: [L. emendatio: cf. F. émendation.]

1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation. " Jer. Taylor.

2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.

EMENDATOR

Em "en *da `tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who emends or critically edits.

EMENDATORY

E *mend "a *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. emendatorius.]

Defn: Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism. "" Johnson.

EMENDER

EMENDER E *mend "er, n.

Defn: One who emends.

EMENDICATE

E *men "di *cate, v. t. Etym: [L. emendicatus, p. p. of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate. ]

Defn: To beg. [Obs. ] Cockeram.

New American Oxford Dictionary

emend

e mend |iˈmend iˈmɛnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make corrections and improvements to (a text ). • 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. DERIVATIVES e mend a ble adjective, e mend er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out of ’ + menda ‘a fault. ’ Compare with amend .

emendation

e men da tion |ˌēmənˈdāSHən, ˌemən -iːmenˈdeɪʃn | ▶noun the process of making a revision or correction to a text. • a correction or revision to a text: here are some suggested emendations.

Oxford Dictionary

emend

emend |ɪˈmɛnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make corrections and revisions to (a text ). • alter (something that is incorrect ): the year of his death might need to be emended to 652. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out of ’ + menda ‘a fault ’. Compare with amend .

emendation

emendation |ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process of making a revision or correction to a text. • [ count noun ] a correction or revision to a text: here are some suggested emendations.

American Oxford Thesaurus

emend

emend verb the editors select letters for publication and may emend content at their own discretion: correct, rectify, repair, fix; improve, enhance, polish, refine, amend; edit, rewrite, revise, copyedit, redraft, recast, rephrase, reword, rework, alter, change, modify; rare redact.

Oxford Thesaurus

emend

emend verb the journalistic practice of emending quotations in the areas of grammar and syntax: correct, rectify, repair, fix; improve, enhance, polish, refine, clarify; edit, alter, rewrite, revise, copy-edit, subedit, amend, change, modify; redraft, recast, rephrase, reword, rework; expurgate, censor, bowdlerize; rare redact.

emendation

emendation noun different editors applied rival principles of textual emendation: correction, rectification; improvement, improving, enhancement, enhancing, polishing, refinement, refining, clarification; editing, alteration, rewriting, revision, copy-editing, subediting, amendment, modification; redrafting, recasting, rephrasing, rewording, reworking; expurgation, censorship, censoring, bowdlerization; rare redaction.

Duden Dictionary

Emendation

Emen da ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Emendati o n |lateinisch Verbesserung, Berichtigung besonders von Texten

emendieren

emen die ren schwaches Verb |emend ie ren |verbessern, berichtigen

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

emend

e mend /ɪménd /動詞他動詞〈文書など〉を校訂 [訂正 ]する .

emendation

e men da tion /ìːmendéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U C 校訂 (箇所 ).