expurgate

Pronunciation key ( ek′spẽr-gāt′ )

ex•pur•gate

v.t. [EXPURGATED (-id), EXPURGATING, EXPURGATES]

[< L. expurgatus pp. of expurgare to purify, purge, cleanse; ex- out + purgare to cleanse].

1. The act of removing passages which are deemed in error, obscene or objectionable from a book or manuscript or prior material, etc.
2. Obs. To clear or purge.

—ex′pur•ga′tion n. —ex′pur•ga′tor n.

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition ©1985

Further Reading

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