emend

emend is a 5-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
2. verb. make improvements or corrections to

   "the text was emended in the second edition"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in emend:

emden, mende

Common word forms

emends, emended, emender, emending, emendable

Words from these letters

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