Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being emended or corrected.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Corrigible; amendable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being emended, corrigible.

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Examples

  • The ones I can think of immediately all seem amenable (and emendable) in this fashion if we understand the 'to be' to mean 'resembles in a limited way.'

    3quarksdaily 2009

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