expurgate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“cleanse thoroughly”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
expurgate (third-person singular simple present expurgates, present participle expurgating, simple past and past participle expurgated)
- (transitive) To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
- The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
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Translations [edit]
to cleanse, to purge
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
expurgāte
- vocative masculine singular of expurgātus