'Expurgate' definitions:
Definition of 'expurgate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]
Definition of 'Expurgate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'expurgate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- bleach,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bowdlerize,
- cancel,
- censor,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleanse,
- clear out,
- cross out,
- cut,
- delete,
- delouse,
- depurate,
- deterge,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- edit,
- edit out,
- erase,
- expunge,
- freshen,
- kill,
- lustrate,
- omit,
- purge,
- purify,
- reform,
- rescind,
- rub out,
- scavenge,
- spruce,
- steam-clean,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- tidy,
- void,
- whiten,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up