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emendate

/ˈiːmɛndət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
emen-date
IPA
/ˈiːmɛndət/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Emended, corrected, restored.

Obsolete

verb

To remove errors and corruptions from (a text); to emend (a text).

Transitive verb

Etymology

From the Latin ēmendātus (“corrected”), the perfect passive participle of ēmendō (“to free from faults, correct”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

emendates (present, singular) emendating (participle, present) emendated (participle, past) emendated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce emendate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiːmɛndət/.
What does emendate mean?
Emended, corrected, restored.
Where does emendate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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