About The Word Bowdlerize
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Bowdlerize
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What's The Definition Of Bowdlerize?
[v] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bowdlerize: bowdlerise | castrate | expurgate | shorten Related Terms | Find terms related to Bowdlerize: abbreviate | abridge | bleach | blot out | blue-pencil | cancel | censor | clean | clean out | clean up | cleanse | clear out | cross out | cut | delete | delouse | depurate | deterge | dry-clean | dust | dust off | edit | edit out | erase | expunge | expurgate | freshen | kill | lustrate | omit | purge | purify | reform | rescind | rub out | scavenge | spruce | steam-clean | strike | strike off | strike out | sweep out | sweeten | tidy | void | whiten | wipe | wipe off | wipe out | wipe up See Also | abbreviate | abridge | contract | cut | foreshorten | reduce Bowdlerize In Webster's Dictionary \Bowd"ler*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowdlerized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bowdlerizing}.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an
English physician, who published an expurgated edition of
Shakespeare in 1818.]
To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts
considered offensive.
It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones
. . . that a Bowlderized version of it would be hardly
intelligible as a tale. --F. Harrison.
-- {Bowd`ler*i*za"tion}, n. -- {Bowd"ler*ism}, n.
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