expurgation
spərˌgeɪt verb (used with object), ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·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.
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expurgate (ˈɛkspəˌɡeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to amend (a book, text, etc) by removing (obscene or offensive sections) | |
| [C17: from Latin expurgāre to clean out, from purgāre to purify; see | |
| expur'gation | |
| —n | |
| 'expurgator | |
| —n | |
| expurgatory | |
| —adj | |
| expurgatorial | |
| —adj | |
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Expurgation
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| expurgate (ˈɛkspəˌɡeɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to amend (a book, text, etc) by removing (obscene or offensive sections) | |
| [C17: from Latin expurgāre to clean out, from purgāre to purify; see | |
| expur'gation | |
| —n | |
| 'expurgator | |
| —n | |
| expurgatory | |
| —adj | |
| expurgatorial | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
expurgation
early 15c., "a cleansing from impurity," from L. expurgationem, from expurgare "cleanse out, purify," from ex- "out" + purgare "to purge." Sense of "remove objectionable passages from a literary work" first recorded in English 1670s.
expurgate
1620s, from L. expurgatus, pp. of expurgare "to cleanse out" (see expurgation). Related: Expurgated; expurgating. The earlier verb was simply expurge (late 15c.), from M.Fr. expurger.
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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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