amendatory

[ uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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adjective
  1. serving to amend; corrective.

Origin of amendatory

1
1780–90, Americanism;<Late Latin ēmendātōrius (with a- for e- from amend). See emendator, -tory1

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amendatory

/ (əˈmɛndətərɪ, -trɪ) /


adjective
  1. US serving to amend; corrective

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