emend

• If his words could be lawfully shown to have such a tendency he would revoke, emend, and correct them in a Catholic spirit The general features of the case were then recapitulated. —  The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)
• The printer aids sometimes; for it was not at once that I could emend the description of the B. —  A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
• Peiser proposed to emend the figure given by the Kings 'List for the length of Dynasty III. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
• Some slight conjectural emendations have been attempted which are distinguished by "emend. ed." in the footnotes. —  Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
• Arnold himself did not emend the text in a single instance. —  The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography

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