Meanings
present singular third person emends · participle present emending · participle past emended · past emended
- transitiveTo correct and revise (text or a document).
“For art—” Miss Glyde eagerly interjected.¶ “For art and literature,” Mrs. Ballinger emended.
1911, Edith Wharton, Xingu1 more example
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.
1886, Andrew Lang, “Preface”, in Letters to Dead Authors
Origin
- Latinēmendō“to free from fault”
- Middle Englishemenden
- Englishemend
From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“to free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian поправям
- поправям (popravjam)to correct and revise
Catalan esmenar
- esmenarto correct and revise
Dutch emenderen
- emenderento correct and revise
German emendieren
- emendierento correct and revise
Latin ēmendō
- ēmendōto correct and revise
Spanish emendar, enmendar
- emendarto correct and revise
- enmendarto correct and revise
- remendarto correct and revise
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
emend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emend
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