expurgate

ex·pur·gate

verb

To expurgate is defined as to edit or remove material that is considered to be obscene or objectionable.

When you edit out the parts of a book you consider to be inappropriate, this is an example of a time when you expurgate.

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expurgate

transitive verb

-·gat·ed, -·gat·ing

to remove passages considered obscene or otherwise objectionable from (a book, etc.)
to expunge (objectionable material) from; delete

Origin of expurgate

from Classical Latin expurgatus, past participle of expurgare, to purge, cleanse from ex-, out + purgare, purge

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expurgate

transitive verb

ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing, ex·pur·gates

To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

Origin of expurgate

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

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ex′pur·ga′tion
noun

ex′pur·ga′tor
noun

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Verb

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

To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.

Origin

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

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