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expurgate
ex·pur·gate E0292900 (ĕk′spər-gāt′)tr.v. 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.
[Latin expūrgāre, expūrgāt-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + pūrgāre, to cleanse; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]
ex′pur·ga′tion n.ex′pur·ga′tor n.expurgate (ˈɛkspəˌɡeɪt) vb (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to amend (a book, text, etc) by removing (obscene or offensive sections)[C17: from Latin expurgāre to clean out, from purgāre to purify; see purge] ˌexpurˈgation n ˈexpurˌgator n expurgatory, expurgatorial adjex•pur•gate (ˈɛk spərˌgeɪt)
v.t. -gat•ed, -gat•ing. 1. to amend by removing words deemed objectionable. 2. to purge of something morally offensive. [1615–25; < Latin expurgātus, past participle of expurgāre to cleanse, clear away] ex`pur•ga′tion, n. ex′pur•ga`tor, n. ex•pur•ga•to•ri•al (ɪkˌspɜr gəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-) ex•pur′ga•to`ry, adj. expurgate
Past participle: expurgated
Gerund: expurgating
| Imperative |
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| expurgate | | expurgate |
| Present |
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| I expurgate | | you expurgate | | he/she/it expurgates | | we expurgate | | you expurgate | | they expurgate |
| Preterite |
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| I expurgated | | you expurgated | | he/she/it expurgated | | we expurgated | | you expurgated | | they expurgated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am expurgating | | you are expurgating | | he/she/it is expurgating | | we are expurgating | | you are expurgating | | they are expurgating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have expurgated | | you have expurgated | | he/she/it has expurgated | | we have expurgated | | you have expurgated | | they have expurgated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was expurgating | | you were expurgating | | he/she/it was expurgating | | we were expurgating | | you were expurgating | | they were expurgating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had expurgated | | you had expurgated | | he/she/it had expurgated | | we had expurgated | | you had expurgated | | they had expurgated |
| Future |
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| I will expurgate | | you will expurgate | | he/she/it will expurgate | | we will expurgate | | you will expurgate | | they will expurgate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have expurgated | | you will have expurgated | | he/she/it will have expurgated | | we will have expurgated | | you will have expurgated | | they will have expurgated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be expurgating | | you will be expurgating | | he/she/it will be expurgating | | we will be expurgating | | you will be expurgating | | they will be expurgating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been expurgating | | you have been expurgating | | he/she/it has been expurgating | | we have been expurgating | | you have been expurgating | | they have been expurgating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been expurgating | | you will have been expurgating | | he/she/it will have been expurgating | | we will have been expurgating | | you will have been expurgating | | they will have been expurgating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been expurgating | | you had been expurgating | | he/she/it had been expurgating | | we had been expurgating | | you had been expurgating | | they had been expurgating |
| Conditional |
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| I would expurgate | | you would expurgate | | he/she/it would expurgate | | we would expurgate | | you would expurgate | | they would expurgate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have expurgated | | you would have expurgated | | he/she/it would have expurgated | | we would have expurgated | | you would have expurgated | | they would have expurgated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | expurgate - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shortenabbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
expurgateverb censor, cut, clean up (informal), purge, purify, blue-pencil, sanitize, bowdlerize The work was heavily expurgated for its second edition.expurgateverbTo examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission:bowdlerize, censor, screen.Translationsexpurgerespurgarecensurareexpurgate
expurgate (something) from (something)To remove content that may be deemed objectionable from something, such as a book or show. I'm sure they've expurgated all the racy scenes from the movie if they're showing it on basic cable.See also: expurgateexpurgate something from somethingto cleanse something by removing something. (Often refers to editing objectionable material from written or broadcast material.) They expurgated the most graphic passages from the novel. We will expurgate the offensive matter from the article.See also: expurgateexpurgate
Related to expurgate: unexpurgatedSynonyms for expurgateverb censorSynonyms- censor
- cut
- clean up
- purge
- purify
- blue-pencil
- sanitize
- bowdlerize
Synonyms for expurgateverb to examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmissionSynonymsSynonyms for expurgateverb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicateSynonyms- bowdlerise
- bowdlerize
- castrate
- shorten
Related Words- abbreviate
- abridge
- foreshorten
- shorten
- contract
- reduce
- cut
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