Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make textual corrections in.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove errors and corrupt readings from (a text).
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- adjective obsolete
emended ,corrected ,restored - verb transitive
Remove errors andcorruptions from (atext ).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin ēmendāre, ēmendāt-, to emend; see emend.]
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From the Latin ēmendātus ("corrected"), the perfect passive participle of ēmendō ("I free from faults”, “I correct”, “I improve”, “I remedy”, “I amend”, “I revise”, “I cure").
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From ēmendāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of ēmendō ("I free from faults”, “I correct”, “I improve”, “I remedy”, “I amend”, “I revise”, “I cure"); compare the verb emend.
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Examples
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Frequenti autem defcriptione Librariorum crevere errores, quos etiam agnitos emendate plerunque noluerunt, ne codicis pretio ob lituras ali - quid decederet.
Telofy commented on the word emendate
I may have to up- or emendate this comment.
It’s not even a back-formation, is it?
February 4, 2011