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emend
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e·mend  (-mnd)
tr.v. e·mend·ed, e·mend·ing, e·mends
To improve by critical editing: emend a faulty text.

[Middle English emenden, from Latin mendre : -, ex-, ex- + mendum, defect, fault.]

e·mender n.

emend [ɪˈmɛnd]
vb
(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to make corrections or improvements in (a text) by critical editing
[from Latin ēmendāre to correct, from ē- out + mendum a mistake]
emendable  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.emend - make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"
ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
Translations
emend [ɪˈmend] VTenmendar

emend [ɪˈmɛnd] vt [+ text] → corriger

emend
vt textverbessern, korrigieren

emend [ɪˈmɛnd] vt (text) → correggere, emendare

emend
v emend [iːˈmend]
to correct errors in (a book etc) The editor emended the manuscript. verbeter يُصَحِّح ، يُنَقِّح поправям opravit rette; korrigere verbessern διορθώνω enmendar, corregir parandama تصحیح کردن korjata corriger לְתָקֵן संशोधित करना ispraviti pogreške (ki)javít mengoreksi leiðrétta; lagfæra correggere 校訂する 본문을 교정하다 ištaisyti labot (tekstu) membetulkan corrigeren rette (), forbedre wnosić poprawki corrigir a co­recta исправлять opraviť popraviti ispraviti emendera, korrigera ปรับเปลี่ยนข้อเขียน düzeltmek, tashih etmek 修改 змінювати, виправляти اصلاح کرنا sửa lỗi trong một cuốn sách...)
n emenˈdation
verbetering تَصْحيح، تَنْقيح поправка на текст korektura retning; korrigering die Verbesserung διόρθωση enmienda, corrección parandus تصحیح؛ بهسازی korjaus correction תִיקוּן पाठशोधन iskravljanje (szöveg)javítás koreksi leiðrétting correzione 校訂 교정, 수정 ištaisymas labojums (tekstā) pembetulan correctie retting, (tekst)forbedring poprawianie correcção corectare исправление (текста) korektúra poprava ispravka emendation, korrigering düzeltme, tashih etme 修改 зміна, виправлення اصلاح sự sửa lỗi trong một cuốn sách...


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