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emendation
[ ee-muhn-dey-shuhn, em-uhn- ]
emendation
/ -trɪ; ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən; ɪˈmɛndətərɪ /
noun
- a correction or improvement in a text
- the act or process of emending
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Derived Forms
- ˈemenˌdator, noun
- emendatory, adjective
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Other Words From
- e·men·da·to·ry [ih-, men, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- none·men·dation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emendation1
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Example Sentences
The suggested emendation satisfies the conditions, and makes better sense.
Giffords emendation to lived for the sake of grammatical regularity, which is followed by all later editors, is unwarranted.
The translation of this line is founded solely on a conjectural emendation of the text.
One instance, though practically certain, is the result of conjectural emendation.
It was not what Caroline meant to say, but she accepted the emendation, with just the slightest air of deprecation.
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