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emend

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To correct or improve the wording of a text.

The editor will emend the passage to fix a copying error.

Dictionary practice example.

Amara could emend the affected sentence, but the team also needed a clearly marked location for approved captions. A final comparison then showed that the corrected page agreed with the contributor's information and with the file selected for printing.

From The Care Behind a Clean Page.

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