expurgate
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expurgates, 3rd person singular present; expurgated, past tense; expurgated, past participle; expurgating, present participle;
/ˈekspərˌgāt/,
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expurgates, 3rd person singular present; expurgated, past tense; expurgated, past participle; expurgating, present participle;
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Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account)
- - the expurgated Arabian Nights
Web Definitions:
- bowdlerize: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
- (expurgated) having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions"
- Expurgation is a form of censorship which involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive, usually from an artistic work.
- To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge
- 1. to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales. 2. to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness. —Syn.1. delete, excise, censor, purge, bowdlerize.
- clean; remove offensive parts of a book
- To clear from anything hurtful, offensive or erroneous