emends

VERB

correct

Synonyms

STRONG

alter amend better edit improve polish rectify redact retouch revise right

WEAK

emendate touch up

Antonyms

STRONG

damage harm injure ruin worsen

WEAK

make mistake

Example Sentences

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"Golden emerods" would be an absurdity if emerod meant "emerald."

From Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850 by Various

Glad were they to get rid of it, golden emerods, golden mice, new cart, milch kine, and all.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

The people there have no fear either of the emerods or of the mice that so terribly distressed their Philistine neighbours.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

Mamma didn't know what emerods were, but Mark said they were a kind of white mice.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May

The offering was to be in the form of golden emerods and golden mice.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden