Emend v. t. (past & past part. emended; pres. part. emending) To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
Synonyms:To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.
... MUSICKE BREEDS DELIGHT, etc. A troublesome passage. Upton and Jortin emend delight to dislike; Church inserts no before delight and omits best; Kitchin suggests despight; Grosart prefers the text as it stands with the meaning that although the best music pleases the troubled mind, it is no ... — Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I • Edmund Spenser
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