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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.
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expurgate [(ek-spuhr-gayt)]
To clean up, remove impurities. An expurgated edition of a book has had offensive words or descriptions changed or removed.
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