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expurgatory
Variant of expurgate
expurgate
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ex·pur·gate (eks′pər gāt′)
transitive verb expurgated -·gat′ed, expurgating -·gat′·ing
- to remove passages considered obscene or otherwise objectionable from (a book, etc.)
- to expunge (objectionable material) from; delete
Etymology: < L expurgatus, pp. of expurgare, to purge, cleanse < ex-, out + purgare, purge
Related Forms:
- expurgation ex′·pur·ga′·tion noun
- expurgator ex′·pur·ga′·tor noun
- expurgatory ex·pur′·ga·to′ry (-gə tôr′ē) adjective
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