Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Expurgate \Ex"pur*gate\ ([e^]ks"p[u^]r*g[=a]t or
[e^]ks*p[^u]r"g[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expurgated}
([e^]ks`p[u^]r*g[=a]"t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Expurgating}
([e^]ks`p[u^]r*g[=a]"t[i^]ng).] [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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expurgate
v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: {bowdlerize}, {bowdlerise},
{expurgate}, {castrate}, {shorten}]
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