Definitions for: Expurgate


[v] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex"pur*gate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Expurgated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating.] [L. expurgatus,
p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare
to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.]
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or
erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten

See Also: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce

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