About The Word Expurgate
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Expurgate
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What's The Definition Of Expurgate?
[v] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Expurgate: bowdlerise | bowdlerize | castrate | shorten Related Terms | Find terms related to Expurgate: abbreviate | abridge | bleach | blot out | blue-pencil | bowdlerize | 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 | 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 Expurgate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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