emaculation
emaculation noun: the act of ridding something of its flaws or errors.
Noun
emaculation
- The act of ridding something of its flaws or errors.
- [amid a discussion of the correction of errors in Bible translations] It is very evident indeed that his attention was directed to the emaculation of the more antient, or Philadelphian version; and not of that translation, of later date, which Usher supposes to have been communicated by Herod to...1823, William Grant Broughton, An Examination of the Hypothesis advanced in a recent publication, entitled "Palæoromaica", Maintaining ... that the text of the Elzevir Greek Testament is not a...
- The article has some good points, but its English exhibits several examples of what the writer's great exemplar has called 'palpable fractures of the skull of Priscian;' and we have no time, even if the subject were acceptable, to attempt its emaculation.1836 January, “Editors' Table”, in Knickerbocker
emaculation meaning in Malayalam
emaculation in Malayalam
- emaculation
- ശുദ്ധീകരണം śuddhīkaraṇaṁ
Origin of emaculation
From e- + maculation.
Questions about emaculation
- What does emaculation mean?
- Emaculation means the act of ridding something of its flaws or errors.
- What is emaculation in Malayalam?
- Emaculation in Malayalam is ശുദ്ധീകരണം (śuddhīkaraṇaṁ). See Emaculation meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is emaculation?
- Emaculation is a noun.
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