emends
emends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emend.
Meaning of emend
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
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- What is emends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Emends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emend.
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