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emend

verb as in correct

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Partly with the help of Toup, we may emend this corrupt passage as follows: , , .

To emend the Vulgate by the Hebrew and Greek is exactly what the heretics seek to do.

Second, all critics have agreed to condemn the digression in which Theobald advertised his ability to emend Greek texts.

Some of these are trivial slips that a scribe copying B might emend on his own initiative, or perhaps by a lucky mistake.

The alteration is very slight, affecting only one letter, and may be due to error in transcription or to mere desire to emend.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to emend, such as: alter, amend, better, edit, improve, and polish.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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