a. [ad. L. ēmendātōri-us corrective: see EMENDATE v. and -ORY.] Of or pertaining to emending.

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  † 1.  In moral sense: Corrective, disciplinary.

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1660.  Jer. Taylor, Duct. Dubit., IV. i. iv. § 10. 492. Punishments Emendatory.

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  2.  Of or pertaining to EMENDATION 2 and 2 b.

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1795.  R. Anderson, Life of Dr. Johnson, 142. The sagacity of his emendatory criticisms.

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1870.  Athenæum, 2 April, No. 2212. 457. Emendatory editions may be yet in store.

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1885.  Spectator, 18 July, 952/1. Every page … bristles with the emendatory asterisk.

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