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<hw>Em*bush"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Ambush</er>, <er>Imbosk</er>.]</ety> <def>To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shelton.</i>

<h1>Embushment</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>Em*bush"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>embusshement</ets>, OF. <ets>embuschement</ets>, F. <ets>emb\'96chement</ets>.]</ety> <def>An ambush.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Embusy</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>Em*bus"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To employ.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Skelton.</i>

<h1>Eme</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>Eme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Eame</er>.]</ety> <def>An uncle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Emeer</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*meer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Emir</er>.</def>

<h1>Emenagogue</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*men"a*gogue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Emmenagogue</er>.</def>

<h1>Emend</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*mend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>emendare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>menda</ets>, <ets>mendum</ets>, fault, blemish: cf. F. <ets>\'82mender</ets>. Cf. <er>Amend</er>, <er>Mend</er>.]</ety> <def>To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See <er>Amend</er>.</syn>

<h1>Emendable</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>E*mend"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emendabilis</ets>. Cf. <er>Amendable</er>.]</ety> <def>Corrigible; amendable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Emendately</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>Em"en*date*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without fault; correctly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Emendation</h1> <Xpage=484>

<hw>Em`en*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emendatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82mendation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.</def> "He lies in his sin without repentance or <i>emendation</i>."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; <as>as, the book might be improved by judicious <ex>emendations</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Emendator</h1> <Xpage=484>