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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++e·mend /ɪˈmend/ verb [transitive] formal  TCNto remove the mistakes from something that has been written 校订,修改〔文稿〕 amendemendation /ˌiːmenˈdeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
emendWhen this happened, the raw data had to be emended.
From Longman Business Dictionaryemende‧mend /ɪˈmend/ verb [transitive] to remove the mistakes from a piece of writing before other people read itIt is possible that we will have to emend the data after it has been released.emendation noun [countable, uncountable] formalThe text required a high degree of emendation.→ See Verb tableOrigin emend (1400-1500) Latin emendare, from menda something wrong, fault
e·mend verbChineseSyllable
Business Corpus something mistakes has to that remove the from


emend
emend /ɪˈmend/ verb [transitive] formal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: emendare, from menda 'something wrong, fault'
to remove the mistakes from something that has been written ⇨ amend
—emendation /ˌiːmenˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]


emendBrE /iˈmend/ 🔊NAmE /iˈmend/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they emend BrE /iˈmend/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈmend/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it emends BrE /iˈmendz/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈmendz/ 🔊past simple emended BrE /iˈmendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈmendɪd/ 🔊past participle emended BrE /iˈmendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈmendɪd/ 🔊 -ing form emending BrE /iˈmendɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /iˈmendɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal) to remove the mistakes in a piece of writing, especially before it is printed 校订,校改,修改(文稿) SYN correct