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   emend

   /ɪˈmɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. make corrections and revisions to (a text): "these studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts"
   • ▪ alter (something that is incorrect): "the year of his death might need to be emended to 652"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’. Compare with amend.

   Derivatives

   • 1. emendable adjective
   • 2. emender noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

     2

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