Thesaurus / emend
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Partly with the help of Toup, we may emend this corrupt passage as follows: , , .
ON THE SUBLIMELONGINUS
Some of these are trivial slips that a scribe copying B might emend on his own initiative, or perhaps by a lucky mistake.
A SIXTH-CENTURY FRAGMENT OF THE LETTERS OF PLINY THE YOUNGERELIAS AVERY LOWE AND EDWARD KENNARD RAND
Emend′als, funds set apart for repairs in the accounts of the Inner Temple.
To emend the Vulgate by the Hebrew and Greek is exactly what the heretics seek to do.
A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN; VOL. 4HENRY CHARLES LEA
That the last line is nonsense was clear to every one; but no critic ever could emend it.
Second, all critics have agreed to condemn the digression in which Theobald advertised his ability to emend Greek texts.
PREFACE TO THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (1734)LEWIS THEOBALD
The alteration is very slight, affecting only one letter, and may be due to error in transcription or to mere desire to emend.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE PSALMS, VOL. 2ALEXANDER MACLAREN
Some critical scholar of eminence should be called upon to emend or explain this mysterious passage.
EOTHENA. W. KINGLAKE
WORDS RELATED TO EMEND
- advance
- ameliorate
- amend
- augment
- better
- boost
- civilize
- come around
- convalesce
- correct
- cultivate
- develop
- doctor up
- edit
- elevate
- emend
- enhance
- gain ground
- help
- increase
- lift
- look up
- make strides
- meliorate
- mend
- perk up
- pick up
- polish
- progress
- promote
- purify
- raise
- rally
- recover
- rectify
- recuperate
- refine
- reform
- revamp
- revise
- rise
- set right
- shape up
- sharpen
- skyrocket
- straighten out
- take off
- touch up
- turn the corner
- update
- upgrade
- advance
- ameliorate
- amend
- augment
- better
- boost
- civilize
- come around
- convalesce
- correct
- cultivate
- develop
- doctor up
- edit
- elevate
- emend
- enhance
- gain ground
- help
- increase
- lift
- look up
- make strides
- meliorate
- mend
- perk up
- pick up
- polish
- progress
- promote
- purify
- raise
- rally
- recover
- rectify
- recuperate
- refine
- reform
- revamp
- revise
- rise
- set right
- shape up
- sharpen
- skyrocket
- straighten out
- take off
- touch up
- turn the corner
- update
- upgrade
- aid
- ameliorate
- amend
- better
- condition
- convalesce
- cure
- darn
- doctor
- emend
- fiddle with
- gain
- get better
- get well
- heal
- knit
- look up
- overhaul
- patch
- perk up
- ready
- rebuild
- recondition
- reconstruct
- recover
- rectify
- recuperate
- redress
- refit
- reform
- refurbish
- rejuvenate
- remedy
- renew
- renovate
- repair
- restore
- retouch
- revamp
- revise
- right
- service
- sew
- advance
- ameliorate
- amend
- augment
- better
- correct
- cultivate
- develop
- edit
- elevate
- emend
- enhance
- help
- hone
- improve
- increase
- lift
- make strides
- modify
- perk up
- pick up
- polish
- progress
- purify
- raise
- rectify
- recuperate
- refine
- reform
- revamp
- revise
- rise
- set right
- shape up
- sharpen
- straighten out
- take off
- touch up
- turn the corner
- update
- upgrade
- advance
- ameliorate
- amend
- augment
- better
- correct
- cultivate
- develop
- edit
- elevate
- emend
- enhance
- help
- hone
- improve
- increase
- lift
- make strides
- modify
- perk up
- pick up
- polish
- progress
- purify
- raise
- rectify
- recuperate
- refine
- reform
- revamp
- revise
- rise
- set right
- shape up
- sharpen
- straighten out
- take off
- touch up
- turn the corner
- update
- upgrade
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