emend

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending. ] [ L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend. ] To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.

Syn. -- To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable. ] Corrigible; amendable. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without fault; correctly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emendatio: cf. F. émendation. ] 1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. “He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who emends or critically edits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emendatorius. ] Pertaining to emendation; corrective. “Emendatory criticism.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]