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emendatory

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e⋅men⋅da⋅tion

  [ee-muhn-dey-shuhn, em-uhn-]
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–noun
1. a correction or change, as of a text.
2. the act of emending.
Origin:
1530–40; < L ēmendātiōn- (s. of ēmendātiō), equiv. to ēmendāt(us) (see emendate ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
e⋅men⋅da⋅to⋅ry  [i-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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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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