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emendation

[ ee-muhn-dey-shuhn, em-uhn- ]

noun

  1. a correction or change, as of a text.
  2. the act of emending.


emendation

/ ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən; ɪˈmɛndətərɪ; -trɪ /

noun

  1. a correction or improvement in a text
  2. the act or process of emending
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • emendatory, adjective
  • ˈemenˌdator, noun
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Other Words From

  • e·men·da·to·ry [ih-, men, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • none·men·dation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of emendation1

1530–40; < Latin ēmendātiōn- (stem of ēmendātiō ), equivalent to ēmendāt ( us ) ( emendate ) + -iōn- -ion
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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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