Emend

[ɪ'mend] or [ɪ'mɛnd]

Definition

(verb.) make improvements or corrections to; 'the text was emended in the second edition'.

Checker: Sondra--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

Checked by Francis

Definition

v.t. to remove faults or blemishes from: to correct or improve.—adj. Emend′able that may be emended.—n.pl. Emend′als funds set apart for repairs in the accounts of the Inner Temple.—v.t. Em′endate to correct errors.—ns. Emendā′tion removal of an error or fault: correction; Em′endātor a corrector of errors in writings: one who corrects or improves.—adj. Emen′dātory mending or contributing to correction.

Edited by Craig