Expurgate

3 definitions 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) 2.0 [wn]:

  expurgate
       v : edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
           "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: {bowdlerize}, {bowdlerise}, {castrate},
            {shorten}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "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