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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expurgate \Ex"pur*gate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Expurgated}; p. pr & vb n. {Expurgating}.] [L. expurgatus
p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out from + purgare
to cleanse, purify, purge. See {Purge}, and cf {Spurge}.]
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or
erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as to expurgate a book.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
expurgate
v : edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: {bowdlerize}, {bowdlerise}, {shorten}]
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