emendate

[ ee-muhn-deyt, em-uhn-, ih-men-deyt ]

verb (used with object)

, e·men·dat·ed, e·men·dat·ing.

1. to emend (a text).

Other Words From

• emen·dator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emendate¹

1875–80; < Latin ēmendātus, past participle of ēmendāre. See emend, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

It is, therefore, quite as necessary for a modern philosopher, to correct some of the better parts of the doctrines of the sons of Maya Devi, and Mary, as it is to emendate their worst features.

From Project Gutenberg

“Ceteri,” says Hirtius, the companion of Cæsar’s expeditions, and the continuator of his Commentaries,—“Ceteri quam bene atque emendate; nos etiam quam facile atque celeriter eos perscripserit scimus.”

From Project Gutenberg

Proximum grammatice docet, quae emendate & aperte loquendi vim tradit: Proximum rhetorice, quae ornatum orationis cultum que & omnes capiendarum aurium illecebras invenit.

From Project Gutenberg