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Definition of expurgating in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of expurgating. Pronunciation of expurgating. Translations of expurgating. expurgating synonyms, expurgating antonyms. Information about expurgating in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. To remove erroneous, vulgar,
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Expurgation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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expurgate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: ex·pur·gat·ed, ETYMOLOGY: Latin exp rg re, exp rg t-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex– + p rg re, to cleanse; see peu - in Appendix I.
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Present participle expurgating (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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Diapers: Expurgating and Censoring Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen Matthew Z. Heintzelman Library Science 278: Information Policy Professor Cavan M. Censorship situations are strongly characterized by a sharp polarization between "camps" of "censors" and "anti-censors."
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Expurgate \Ex"pur*gate\ (?; p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating.] [L. expurgatus, p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; 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,
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Selections from the newspaper about public TV and radio in the United States PBS wards off fines by fixing cartoons from distant past Eight outlets in the top 55 markets dropped the historical bio from their schedules Sept. 25 [2006]. An undetermined number of other stations delayed the documentary until after 10 p...
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Definition of expurgating at Dictionary.com with free audio pronunciation. expurgating synonyms and translations. Crossword and puzzle games. 1. to amend by removing words, passages, etc., Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. Cite This Source...
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Weekly journal of opinion, featuring analysis on politics and culture. Founded in 1865. Expurgating the First Amendment Examines key issues and policies relating to censorship and freedom of speech in the U.S. Emphasis on the First Amendment provisions relating to civil rights;
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Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows. Verb: expurgate 'ek-spur`geyt Derived forms: expurgates, expurgated, expurgating Type of: abbreviate, abridge,
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