| 单词 |
emaculate |
| 释义 |
† eˈmaculate, v. Obs. [f. L. ēmaculāt- ppl. stem of ēmaculāre to clear from blots, f. macula spot, blot.] 1. trans. To free from spots or blemishes, emend.
1623Cockeram, Emaculate, to make cleane, to take out spots. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 348 Lipsius..and others have taken great pains with him in emaculating the text. 1721–1800in Bailey: and in mod. Dicts. 2. To efface (a spot). fig.
1649Ld. Herbert Autobiog. (1886) 60 By a serious repentance, to expiate and emaculate those faults. |

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