单词 | expurge |
释义 | expurgev. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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