transitive. To emend (a text); to correct or remove errors in (a book, document, etc.); (in later use more generally) to make changes to (a…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend (25) amend?c1225 transitive. To emend (a text); to correct or remove errors in (a book, document, etc.); (in later use more generally) to make changes to (a… correctc1374 transitive. To set right, amend (a thing); to substitute what is right for the errors or faults in (a writing, etc.). Sometimes, loosely, to… reformc1425 transitive. To correct, emend (a book, writing, etc.); to revise, edit; (also) to correct the writing of (an author). Now rare. emaculate1623 transitive. To free from spots or blemishes, emend. mend1631–2 transitive. To remove the defects of (a thing); to correct (what is faulty); to improve by correction or alteration; to emend. Now rare except in… castigate1666 To correct, revise, and emend (a literary work). rectify1730 transitive. To correct or emend (a text, account, opinion, etc.) by removing errors or mistakes; to amend or improve in this way. emend1769 esp. To remove errors from (the text of a book or document); = emendate, v. doctor?c1775 transitive. To make changes to or edit (a text or manuscript), originally so as to emend or improve the text, but later sometimes with the… redress1796 transitive. To correct, adjust, revise. emendate1876 transitive. To remove errors and corruptions from (a text). Subcategories:— mark as erroneous (1) — propose emendation (1) — correct wrongly (1) — write direction against (1) — remove objectionable passages from (7) — exclude as spurious (3) |
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