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author's alteration

American  
[aw-therz awl-tuh-rey-shuhn] / ˈɔ θərz ˌɔl təˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. a correction or change made in typeset copy that is not a correction of an error introduced by the compositor. AA, A.A., a.a., aa

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A clear case of the author's alteration as he went.

From Philip Massinger by A. H. Cruickshank

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