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An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Emir.

See Emmenagogue.

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.

Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.

Without fault; correctly. [Obs.]

of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.

One who emends or critically edits.

Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism."" Johnson.

One who emends.

To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald meadows." Byron. Emerald fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of…

A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser.

in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. "Thetis . . . emerging from the deep." Dryden. Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest…

; sudden uprisal or appearance. The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors. Sir I. Newton. When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. H. Brooke.

unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. Glanvill.

Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light. The mountains huge appear emergent. Milton.

Emery. [Obs.] Drayton.

Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.