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emendate

/ˈiːmɛndət/

emendate adjective: emended, corrected, restored.

Adjective

emendate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Emended, corrected, restored.

Verb

IPA/ˈiːmɛndeɪt/

emendate (third-person singular simple present emendates, present participle emendating, simple past and past participle emendated)

  1. (transitive) To remove errors and corruptions from (a text); to emend (a text).

Forms of emendate

third-person singular presentemendates
present participleemendating
past participleemendated
pastemendated

Origin of emendate

From the Latin ēmendātus (“corrected”), the perfect passive participle of ēmendō (“to free from faults, correct”).

Questions about emendate

What does emendate mean?
Emendate means emended, corrected, restored.
What part of speech is emendate?
Emendate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce emendate?
Emendate is pronounced /ˈiːmɛndət/.

Words near emendate in the dictionary

  1. emend
  2. emendable
  3. emendals
  4. emendanda
  5. emendandum
  6. emendate
  7. emendated
  8. emendates
  9. emendating
  10. emendation
  11. emendations

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