Expurgate Definition

ĕkspər-gāt
expurgated, expurgates, expurgating
verb
expurgated, expurgates, expurgating
To remove passages considered obscene or otherwise objectionable from (a book, etc.)
Webster's New World
To expunge (objectionable material) from; delete.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Expurgate

  • Latin expūrgāre expūrgāt- to purify ex- intensive pref. ex– pūrgāre to cleanse peuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“cleanse thoroughly”).

    From Wiktionary

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