emendable

emendable
adjective see emend

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Emendable — E*mend a*ble, a. [L. emendabilis. Cf. {Amendable}.] Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emendable — index ambulatory, corrigible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • emendable — (ant.) adj. Enmendable …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • emendable — adjective Capable of being emended, corrigible …   Wiktionary

  • emendable — adj. correctable, improvable, revisable …   English contemporary dictionary

  • emendable — emend·able …   English syllables

  • emendable — dəbəl adjective : capable of being emended : rectifiable; especially of offenses against early English law : such as may be forgiven in return for a payment of money or goods * * * ēmendˈable adjective That may be emended • • • Main Entry: ↑emend …   Useful english dictionary

  • emend — emendable, adj. /i mend /, v.t. 1. to edit or change (a text). 2. to free from faults or errors; correct. [1375 1425; late ME ( < MF emender) < L emendare to correct, equiv. to e E + mend(um) fault + are inf. suffix] Syn. 1, 2. See amend. * * * …   Universalium

  • emend — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin emendare more at amend Date: 15th century to correct usually by textual alterations < emended the manuscript > Synonyms: see correct • emendable adjective • emender noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ambulatory — am·bu·la·to·ry / am byə lə ˌtōr ē/ adj [Latin ambulatorius, literally, movable, transferable, from ambulare to walk, move, be transferred]: capable of being altered a will is ambulatory until the testator s death Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …   Law dictionary

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