Found 2 items, similar to expurgating.
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: Expurgating
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.
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