expurgate

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English

Etymology

From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (purge, cleanse, purify).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/
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Verb

expurgate (third-person singular simple present expurgates, present participle expurgating, simple past and past participle expurgated)

  1. (transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
    The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
    • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Texan”, in Catch-22 , New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 6:
      Yossarian was busy expurgating all but romance words from the letters when the chaplain sat down in a chair between the beds and asked him how he was feeling.
  2. (transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
    The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.

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Latin

Participle

expūrgāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of expūrgātus

Spanish

Verb

expurgate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of expurgar combined with te