different between bowdlerise vs expurgate

English

Etymology

Bowdler +? -ise

Verb

bowdlerise (third-person singular simple present bowdlerises, present participle bowdlerising, simple past and past participle bowdlerised)

1. Alternative form of bowdlerize

English

Etymology

From Latin expurg?tus, perfect passive participle of expurg? (“purge, cleanse, purify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ks.p?.?e?t/

Verb

expurgate (third-person singular simple present expurgates, present participle expurgating, simple past and past participle expurgated)

1. (transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.

   The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.

2. (transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.

   The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.

Derived terms

• expurgator
• expurgatory
• expurgatorious

Related terms

Translations

See also

• bowdlerise

Latin

Participle

exp?rg?te

1. vocative masculine singular of exp?rg?tus