1. correcting errors in a text or manuscript
Usage: formal; academic

Examples

• The scholar spent years emending the ancient manuscript.
• She is emending the translation to fix several grammatical errors.
• The editor is emending the text based on newly discovered sources.
• Emending historical documents requires extensive knowledge of the period.
• The professor was emending his students’ papers with careful attention to detail.
• They are emending the constitution to remove outdated language.