Emend

v. t.

1.

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. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.]

Verb

1.

emend - make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"

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