e·mend ( -m nd )tr.v. e·mend·ed, e·mend·ing, e·mends To improve by critical editing: emend a faulty text. [Middle English emenden, from Latin  mend re : -, ex-, ex- + mendum, defect, fault.]e·mend er 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
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| Verb | 1. | 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
vt text → verbessern, korrigieren
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 (på), 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...) 修改
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... 修改
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