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Definition of Emendable
1. a. Corrigible; amendable.
Definition of Emendable
1. Adjective. Capable of being emended, corrigible. ¹
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Definition of Emendable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emendable
Literary usage of Emendable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"Homicide on the other hand wa* ' emendable' with money, or rather with horses
and oxen. The influence of Christianity made for a while against punishment ..."
2. Primitive and Ancient Legal Institutions by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"... in which sacrilege and wilful homicide without treachery are included, from
un- emendable offences such as housebreaking, arson, open theft, ..."
3. Morals in Evolution: A Study in Comparative Ethics by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1915)
"Our Leges Henrici still distinguish emendable offences, in which sacrilege and
... In Worcestershire rape was not emendable (Pollock and Maitland, ii. 457). ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"EMBRYO, (em'-l>™-°) I"- »• The off- To EMEND, (e-mend') vu To amend ; to correct.
emendable, (e-men'-da-bl) a. Capable of emendation ; corrigible. ..."
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