emendate

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/ˈiːmɛndət//ˈiːmɛndeɪt/

adjective

Emended, corrected, restored.

OriginLatin ēmendātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveemendate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteEmended, corrected, restored.
verbemendate (third-person singular simple present emendates, present participle emendating, simple past and past participle emendated)

present singular third person emendates · participle present emendating · participle past emendated · past emendated

  1. transitiveTo remove errors and corruptions from (a text); to emend (a text).

Origin

  1. Latinēmendātus“corrected”
  2. Englishemendate

From the Latin ēmendātus (“corrected”), the perfect passive participle of ēmendō (“to free from faults, correct”).

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APA

emendate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emendate

MLA

“emendate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emendate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emendate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emendate.

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