emendate
verb (used with object)
to emend (a text).
emendator
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a word derived from
emendate.
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a word derived from
emendation.
emendationnouna correction or change, as of a text.
Example Sentences
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Did Collins write both, and was dubious which should stand; or do you discover the hand of an audacious emendator?
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
Giuliani’s is an attractive little book; but the Abate was a somewhat reckless emendator, and some of his readings are very untrustworthy.
From Dante: His Times and His Work by Arthur John Butler
