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expurgate

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ex⋅pur⋅gate

  [ek-sper-geyt]
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–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
2. to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
Origin:
1615–25; < L expurgātus, ptp. of expurgāre to clean out. See ex- 1 , purge, -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅pur⋅ga⋅tion, noun
ex⋅pur⋅ga⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. delete, excise, censor, purge, bowdlerize.
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ex·pur·gate   (ěk'spər-gāt')   
tr.v.   ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing, ex·pur·gates
To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

[Latin expūrgāre, expūrgāt-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + pūrgāre, to cleanse; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]
ex'pur·ga'tion n., ex'pur·ga'tor n.
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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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