Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēmenden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ēmenden v. |
| Etymology | L ēmendāre, OF emender. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. amenden, menden.
1.
(a) To make (a person) better; (b) to mend or repair (something); (c) to make corrections in (a written work); to emend; (d) to cure (a disease).
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Visit.Infirm.(3) (StJ-O 47)415 : Loue him [God] that he emendith the.
b
- (1411) EEWills19/17 : In emendynge of weys lyand about þe manere of Bradfeld.
c
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.247 : Varrus and Cucta...were commaundede to emende the bokes of Virgille.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)152b/b : For often tymez proffitable þingez reherced doþ proffite And with þat þam selfe ydoubled may be emended.
2.
To redress or correct (wrongs).
Associated quotations
- (1472-5) RParl.6.158b : Many grete myscheves..were..redressed, refourmed and emended.
3.
To devote oneself (to prayer) by way of amendment or improvement.
Associated quotations
- (1443) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23253 : In prayer not cessinge..continually emendyng to devout prayers day and nyght.