emend
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Collins Definition
Verb
emended, past participle; emends, 3rd person singular present; emending, present participle; emended, past tense;
/iˈmend/,
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emended, past participle; emends, 3rd person singular present; emending, present participle; emended, past tense;
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Make corrections and improvements to (a text)
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Alter (something) in such a way as to correct it
- - the year of his death might need to be emended to 652
- - he hesitated and quickly emended what he had said
Web Definitions:
- make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"
- Aprepitant (Emend (US, EU)) is an antiemetic chemical compound that belongs to a class of drugs called substance P antagonists (SPA). It mediates its effect by blocking the neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor.
- (Emends) Improve means to make something better. It is also used in the names of: * Bread improver * Improver Corporation: Improver v Remington, a 1990 United Kingdom patent infringement law court case
- To correct and revise (a text)
- To correct a text, usually my modifying only one Hebrew character with a similar-looking one that could have been mis-copied.