| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To rectify, reform or amend.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To repair, refit or mend. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To fix or adjust.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb emend.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (emend) | 1. Make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition".[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: emending, emended, emends, emender, emenders, emendingly and emendedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "EMENDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: emend
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To amend.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (transitive) To correct and revise (a text). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
