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- noun rhetoric The amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.
Etymologies
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Examples
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: "Plus proficit amica correctio quam accusatio turbulenta: illa pudorem incutit, haec indignationem movet."
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In a "Monitum ad Nicolai Copernici lectorem, ejusque emendatio, permissio, et correctio," dated 1620 without the month or day, permission is given to reprint the work of Copernicus with certain alterations; and, by implication, to read existing copies after correction in writing.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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Interesting times. i wonder if the worldwide "correctio n" isn't about to snap back to them as in more competitive pricing and increased shipping costs.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Quinque diversae editiones heb. extant in principe hac Lusitaniae urbe ela - boratae quae typorum elegantia ac correctio - ne a reliquis omnibus prae*tant ac soient a Judaeis ac Christianis summopere celebrarw Praeter has urbes aliae quaedam sunt, ut Amstetodamum, Ariminum, Colonia, Cremona,
Annales Hebraeo-typographici sec. XV De Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo, 1742-1831 1795
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1443: Ile after, to reioyce in the boyes correctio [n].
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Activity can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce the amount necessary for meals or correctio ... "
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Activity can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce the amount necessary for meals or correctio ... "
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