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Expurgated definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EX'PURGATED, pp. Purged; cleansed; purified.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions"

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see expurgate