different between expurgated vs expurgate

English

Verb

expurgated

1. simple past tense and past participle of expurgate

Adjective

expurgated (not comparable)

1. Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.

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

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Translations

See also

• bowdlerise

Latin

Participle

exp?rg?te

1. vocative masculine singular of exp?rg?tus