verb (used with object)
- to edit or change (a text).
- to free from faults or errors; correct.
verb
- (tr) to make corrections or improvements in (a text) by critical editing
c.1400, from Latin emendare “to free from fault,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + mendum (nominative menda) “fault, blemish” (see amend). Related: Emended; emending.