EXPURGATE DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
expurgate v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) expurgate transitive verb (-gated; -gating) Etymology: Latin expurgatus, past participle of expurgare, from ex- + purgare to purge Date: 1678 to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous; especially to expunge objectionable parts from before publication or presentation <an expurgated edition of the letters> • expurgation noun • expurgator noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary expurgate (expurgates, expurgating, expurgated) If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people. (FORMAL) He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition. = censor VERB: V n • expurgated It was first published in 1914 in a highly expurgated version. ADJ English Explanatory Dictionary expurgate ˈekspə:ɡeɪt v.tr. 1 remove matter thought to be objectionable from (a book etc.). 2 remove (such matter). øøexpurgation n. expurgator n. expurgatorial adj. expurgatory adj. [L expurgare expurgat- (as EX-(1), purgare cleanse)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Expurgate \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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms expurgate v. a. Purify, purge, cleanse, free from objectionable matter. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 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 |
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