emend

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

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

emender e·mend'er n.

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verb

1. To prepare a new version of: amend, emendate, revamp, revise, rework, rewrite. See change/persist.
2. To make right what is wrong: amend, correct, mend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, right. See correct/incorrect.

v

Definition: correct
Antonyms: make mistake, worsen

IN BRIEF: To correct by changing the wording.

I will need to emend my story before I submit it for publishing.

Tutor's tip: You can "amend" (fix) many things in life, but you can only "emend" (correcting text) a text document and hope you won't have to make "amends" (pay compensation or fines) for it later!

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rette, forbedre

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbeteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - corriger

Deutsch (German)
v. - korrigieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διορθώνω, βελτιώνω, τροποποιώ (κείμενο)

Italiano (Italian)
emendare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - corrigir

Русский (Russian)
исправлять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - corregir, enmendar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - emendera, rätta text

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
修订, 校勘

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 修訂, 校勘

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 교정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 校訂する, 修正する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصحح, ينقح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תיקן, הגיה, סילק שגיאות, ערך תמליל‬

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