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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Emendation | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Emendation | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Emendation \Em`en*da"tion\, n. [L. emendatio: cf. F. [82]mendation.] 1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. [bd]He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. 2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations. | |
