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emend

UK/ɪˈmɛnd/ uncommon

verb

1.

make improvements or corrections to

  • “the text was emended in the second edition”

Origin

From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“to free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend.

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