Defn: See Emmenagogue.
EMEND
E*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.]
Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F.
émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.]
Defn: 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.
Syn.
— To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.
EMENDABLE
E*mend"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable.]
Defn: Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.
EMENDATELY
Em"en*date*ly, adv.
Defn: Without fault; correctly. [Obs.]
EMENDATION
Em`en*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. emendatio: cf. F. émendation.]
1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.