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emendo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amend verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  • correct adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
  • reform noun A change made to improve something, especially a system, law, or institution.
  • remedy noun Something that fixes a problem or relieves an unwanted condition.

Senses

emendo is used for these senses in English:

  • amend (transitive) To make better; improve.
  • correct (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
  • emend (transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document).
  • reform (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
  • remedy (transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

amend — full definition

  1. verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  2. verb To improve or correct something more generally.

correct — full definition

  1. adj Free from mistakes; accurate or true.
  2. verb To fix an error or make something right.

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