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Bowdlerize

Bowdlerize Definition And Meaning
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"lerize\, 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`leriza"tion}, n. -- {Bowd"lerism}, n.

Bowdlerize Definition And Meaning

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

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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