- emend
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emend — e‧mend [ɪˈmend] verb [transitive] to remove the mistakes from a piece of writing before other people read it: • It is possible that we will have to emend the data after it has been released. emendation noun [countable, uncountable] formal : • The … Financial and business terms
emend — ► VERB ▪ correct and revise (a text). DERIVATIVES emendation noun. USAGE The words emend and amend both derive from Latin emendare ‘to correct’ and have similar, but not identical, meanings in English. Emend means ‘correct and revise (a text)’,… … English terms dictionary
Emend — ist ein Handelsname des Arzneistoffs Aprepitant Die Abkürzung emend. steht für: emendavit, siehe Emendation (Taxonomie) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mi … Deutsch Wikipedia
emend — emend; emend·able; … English syllables
Emend — E*mend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emending}.] [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. [ e]mender. Cf. {Amend}, {Mend}.] To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
emend — I verb adjust, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, correct, corrigere, do over, emendare, emendate, fix, help, improve, make better, make corrections, make improvements, make repairs, meliorate, mend, put in order, put right, reconstruct,… … Law dictionary
emend — c.1400, from L. emendare to free from fault, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + mendum (nom. menda) fault, blemish (see AMEND (Cf. amend)). Related: Emended; emending … Etymology dictionary
emend — *correct, rectify, revise, amend, remedy, redress, reform Analogous words: *mend, repair: improve, better, ameliorate Antonyms: corrupt (a text, passage) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
emend — [v] correct alter, amend, better, edit, emendate, improve, polish, rectify, redact, retouch, revise, right, touch up; concept 126 Ant. make mistake, worsen … New thesaurus
emend — [ē mend′, imend′] vt. [ME emenden < L emendare, AMEND < e , out (see EX 1) + menda, a defect, error < IE * mend , a flaw] 1. Rare to correct or improve 2. to make scholarly corrections or improvements in (a text) … English World dictionary
emend — UK [ɪˈmend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms emend : present tense I/you/we/they emend he/she/it emends present participle emending past tense emended past participle emended to correct mistakes in something, especially a piece of writing before … English dictionary
