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emend
emend /ɪˈmend/ verb [transitive] formal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: emendare, from menda 'something wrong, fault'
to remove the mistakes from something that has been written ⇨ amend
—emendation /ˌiːmenˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]