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2 definitions found 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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