emend
verb
[ ɪˈmɛnd ]
• make corrections and revisions to (a text).
• "these studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts"
Similar:
correct,
rectify,
repair,
fix,
improve,
enhance,
polish,
refine,
clarify,
edit,
alter,
rewrite,
revise,
copy-edit,
subedit,
amend,
change,
modify,
redraft,
recast,
rephrase,
reword,
rework,
rescript,
expurgate,
censor,
redact,
bowdlerize,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’. Compare with amend.
