emend

English

Etymology

From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“I free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɛnd/
• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

emend (third-person singular simple present emends, present participle emending, simple past and past participle emended)

1. (transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document).
   • 1886, Andrew Lang, “Preface”, in Letters to Dead Authors‎^[1]:

     Sixteen of these Letters, which were written at the suggestion of the Editor of the “St. James’s Gazette,” appeared in that journal, from which they are now reprinted, by the Editor’s kind permission. They have been somewhat emended, and a few additions have been made.

   • 1911, Edith Wharton, Xingu‎^[2]:

     “For art—” Miss Glyde eagerly interjected.¶ “For art and literature,” Mrs. Ballinger emended.

Derived terms

• emendable
• emendation

Related terms

• amend
• English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mend-‎ (0 c, 10 e)

Translations

to correct and revise

• Bulgarian: поправям (bg) (popravjam)
• Catalan: esmenar (ca)
• Dutch: emenderen (nl)
• German: emendieren (de)
• Latin: ēmendō (la)
• Spanish: emendar m

Anagrams

• Emden, Meden, Mende