Expurgate

['ekspɜːgeɪt] or ['ɛkspɚɡet]

Definition

(v. t.) To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Purify, purge, cleanse.

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Definition

v.t. to purge out or render pure: to purify from anything noxious or erroneous.—ns. Expurgā′tion act of expurgating or purifying: the removal of anything hurtful or evil: exculpation; Expurgator (eks′pur-gā-tor or eks-pur′ga-tor) one who expurgates or purifies.—adjs. Expurgatō′rial Expur′gatory tending to expurgate or purify.—v.t. Expurge′ to purify expurgate.

Editor: Whitney