emaculate

verb

1. To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.

   obsolete

   taken great pains with him in emaculating the Text, in ſetling the reading[…]

Where it comes from

From Latin emaculatus, past participle of emaculare (“to clear from spots”). See maculate.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry emaculate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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