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bowdlerize Definition

bowd·ler·ize (bo̵ud′lər īz′, bōd′-)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to remove passages considered offensive from (a book, play, etc.)

Etymology: after Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), Eng editor who (1818) published an expurgated Shakespeare

bowdlerize Related Forms
bowd′·ler·ism′ noun bowd′·ler·i·za′·tion noun

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