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单词 expurge
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expurgev.

/ɛkˈspəːdʒ/
Etymology: < French expurge-r, refashioned < espurger = Provençal espurgar < Latin expurgāre : see expurgate adj.
Rare in modern use.
1. transitive.
a. To cleanse, purify from, of (anything unclean or objectionable).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)]
mereeOE
spurge1303
fine1340
sendre1340
purea1350
purgec1350
purifya1398
depurea1400
clarifyc1430
expurge1483
defecatec1487
subtiliate1551
refine?1572
neatify1581
distil1599
sublimate1601
sweeten1601
depurate1620
infresh1635
lustre1645
lustrate1653
freshen1710
chasten1715
epurate1799
enchastena1806
dispollute1862
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 178/2 Desyre..expurged fro the dust of al worldely affeccion.
1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester II. 179 [It did] expurge [me] of all earthly.
b. To purge away (anything offensive). Const. from, out of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away
kill?c1225
purge1340
void1390
roota1398
devoida1400
rida1450
betwechec1450
redd1479
to make (clean, quick, etc.) riddance1528
expurge1542
vacuate1572
free1599
cleanse1628
rede1638
to clear out1655
dress1701
to clear away1711
to clear off1766
dissaturate1866
cancel1990
1542 T. Becon Potacion for Lent sig. K.vj It is not ynoughe..to expourge & put synne oute of you.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 11v The pituitous excrements expurged from the head vnto the eyes.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta v. 86 [It]..expurgeth the sharpe and cholericke humors.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Rrr Melancholical humour easie to be expurged.
2.
a. To expurgate adj. (a book, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > remove objectionable passages from
castrate1627
expurge1635
expurgate1678
bowdlerize1836
censor1882
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 170 In these..Liturgies..some..seeme to be corrupted and expurged.
1662 J. Chandler tr. F. M. van Helmont in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike To Rdr. Take all my Writings, as well those crude and uncorrected, as those that are thorowly expurged.
b. To expunge as objectionable from a book.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > as objectionable
expurge1638
expurgate1853
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > remove objectionable passages from > remove (objectionable passages)
expurge1638
expurgate1853
1638 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 62 We may therfore expurge this pernicious and intolerable mistake.
a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 168 To have that passage expurg'd.
1832 H. Melvill in Preacher III. 100/2 If a few portions of the Bible were expurged, it would be hard..to prove the doctrine from the remainder.

Derivatives

exˈpurging n. Expurging Index = Expurgatory Index n. at expurgatory adj. b.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > emendation of text > removal of objectionable passages
expurgation1608
expurging1635
castration1797
censorship1856
bowdlerism1869
bowdlerization1882
bowdlerizing1886
1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1646) i. 105 They plainly confesse the expurging of the Indian Liturgie.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 7 The Councell of Trent, and the Spanish Inquisition..perfeted those Catalogues and expurging Indexes.
1645 Bp. J. Hall Peace-maker xx. 172 The expurging of those [authors] of their own, whom they dare not deface.
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