Found 2 items, similar to expurgate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: expurgate expurgate v : edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; “bowdlerize a novel” [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, castrate, shorten]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Expurgate Expurgate \Ex"pur*gate\ ([e^]ks"p[u^]r*g[=a]t or [e^]ks*p[^u]r"g[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated ([e^]ks`p[u^]r*g[=a]"t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating ([e^]ks`p[u^]r*g[=a]"t[i^]ng).] [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. [1913 Webster]