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Emend

verb
(past & past part. emended; pres. part. emending)
1.
Make improvements or corrections to.





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"Emend" Quotes from Famous Books



... an obvious precaution to be taken. Before using a document we must find out whether its text is "sound"—that is, in as close agreement as possible with the original manuscript of the author; and when the text is "corrupt" we must emend it. In using a text which has been corrupted in transmission, we run the risk of attributing to the author what really comes from the copyists. There are actual cases of theories which were based on passages falsified in transmission, ...
— Introduction to the Study of History • Charles V. Langlois


Words linked to "Emend" :   better, meliorate, improve, amend, ameliorate


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