2018年12月10日 星期一

emendation, artillery, a referendum on a new constitution

This emended Garnett should probably be a reader's first choice.

In 1595 Mademoiselle de Gournay published a new edition of Montaigne's Essays, and the first with the latest emendations of the author, from a copy presented to her by his widow, and which has not been recovered, although it is known to have been in existence some years after the date of the impression, made on its authority.

 

Oral History Interview with
General Harry H. Vaughan

Personal friend of Harry S. Truman since 1917; military associate in World War I and subsequently in the Field Artillery Officers Reserve Corps; treasurer for Senator Truman's 1940 reelection campaign committee; secretary to Senator Truman, 1941; a liaison officer for the Truman Committee, 1944; and Military Aide to Mr. Truman when he was Vice-President and President, 1945-53. Alexandria, Virginia
January 14, 1963
by Charles T. Morrissey
[Notices and Restrictions | Interview Transcript | Additional Vaughan Oral History Transcripts]

NOTICE
This is a transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of this transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that this is essentially a transcript of the spoken, rather than the written word.
Numbers appearing in square brackets (ex. [45]) within the transcript indicate the pagination in the original, hardcopy version of the oral history interview.
RESTRICTIONS
This oral history transcript may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. It may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library.
Opened March, 1964
Harry S. Truman Library


emendation
(ĭ-mĕn''shən, ē'mĕn-) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of emending.
  2. An alteration intended to improve: textual emendations made by the editor.
emend
(ĭ-mĕnd') pronunciation
tr.v., e·mend·ed, e·mend·ing, e·mends.
To improve by critical editing: emend a faulty text.

[Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendāre : ē-, ex-, ex- + mendum, defect, fault.]
emender e·mend'er n.


Some Syrians Vote, as Others Are Attacked
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artillery[ar・til・ler・y]

  • レベル:大学入試程度
  • 発音記号[ɑːrtíləri]

[名][U]
1 ((集合的))砲, 大砲;砲兵隊[科]
the Royal Artillery
英国砲兵隊. ⇒CAVALRY, INFANTRY
2 砲術.
3 ((通例集合的))((米俗))武器, 凶器(ピストル, 銃, ナイフなど).
4 ((俗))((集合的))
(1) 食器(皿, ナイフ, フォークなど).

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