emend
UK/ɪˈmɛnd/
emend verb: to correct and revise (text or a document).
Verb
emend (third-person singular simple present emends, present participle emending, simple past and past participle emended)
- To correct and revise (text or a document).
- Sixteen of these Letters, which were written at the suggestion of the Editor of the “St. James’s Gazette,” appeared in that journal, from which they are now reprinted, by the Editor’s kind permission. They have been somewhat emended, and a few additions have been made.1886, Andrew Lang, “Preface”, in Letters to Dead Authors
- “For art—” Miss Glyde eagerly interjected.¶ “For art and literature,” Mrs. Ballinger emended.1911, Edith Wharton, Xingu
emend meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
emend in Malayalam
- ശുദ്ധിപാഠം ചെയ്യുക, പരിഷ്കരിക്കുക, തെറ്റുതിരുത്തുക
emend in Kannada
- ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ ಮಾಡು, ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಿಸು, ತಪ್ಪುಗಳನ್ನು ತಿದ್ದು, ಬದಲಾಯಿಸು
Forms of emend
| third-person singular present | emends |
|---|---|
| present participle | emending |
| past participle | emended |
| past | emended |
Origin of emend
From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“to free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend.
Words formed from emend
Words that rhyme with emend
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spend
- suspend
- trend
- ascend
- offend
- pretend
- unbend
- commend
- tend
- amend
- contend
- depend
- lend
- distend
- impend
- recommend
- rend
- shend
- subtend
- tight end
- upend
- wend
- append
- befriend
- blend
- pend
- resend
- transcend
- abend
- comprehend
- entend
- fend
- obtend
- perpend
- portend
- unfriend
- vend
- weekend
- when'd
- blende
- defriend
- disrecommend
- expend
- forfend
- forspend
- freakend
- genetic dead end
- heaven forfend
Questions about emend
- What does emend mean?
- Emend means to correct and revise (text or a document).
- What is emend in Malayalam?
- Emend in Malayalam is ശുദ്ധിപാഠം ചെയ്യുക, പരിഷ്കരിക്കുക, തെറ്റുതിരുത്തുക. See Emend meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is emend?
- Emend is a verb.
- How do you pronounce emend?
- Emend is pronounced /ɪˈmɛnd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of emend?
- The past tense of emend is emended.
Words near emend in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emend (page history and authors); emend (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emend (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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