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emendate

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e⋅men⋅date

  [ee-muhn-deyt, em-uhn-, i-men-deyt]
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–verb (used with object), -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
to emend (a text).
Origin:
1875–80; < L ēmendātus, ptp. of ēmendāre. See emend, -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅men⋅da⋅tor, noun
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e·men·date   (ē'měn-dāt', ĭ-měn'-)   
tr.v.   e·men·dat·ed, e·men·dat·ing, e·men·dates
To make textual corrections in.

[Latin ēmendāre, ēmendāt-, to emend; see emend.]
e'men·da'tor (-dā'tər) n., e·men'da·to'ry (ĭ-měn'də-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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