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emend(dictionary)
emend(dictionary)

renitent (iou) and emend (iou)


renitent (iou)



renitent adjective. Now rare. E18.
[French renitent, later from Latin renitent- pres. ppl stem of reniti struggle against, resist: see -ENT.]
Offering physical resistance; resisting pressure, hard. E18.
Recalcitrant, reluctant. M19.

emend (iou)



emend verb trans. LME.
[Latin emendare, from e- E- + menda fault. Cf. AMEND verb.]
Alter (a text) to remove errors and corruptions; gen. free from faults, correct, rectify.
E. Bowen Miss Smith..considered what she had said, but did not emend it.
emender noun L19.