emend Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make improvements or corrections to
    • the text was emended in the second edition

WordNet

E*mend" transitive verb
Etymology
L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Emended; present participle & verbal noun Emending
Definitions
  1. 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. Syn. -- To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.

Webster 1913