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expurgate

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)

(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.
(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

Latin

Participle

exp?rg?te

vocative masculine singular of exp?rg?tus

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