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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pur•gate /ˈɛkspɚˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -gat•ed, -gat•ing. - to change by removing words or passages thought to be improper or objectionable:The censors expurgated the documentary.
ex•pur•ga•tion /ˌɛkspɚˈgeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable* countable]See -pur-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pur•gate (ek′spər gāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -gat•ed, -gat•ing. - to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable:Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
- Latin expurgātus, past participle of expurgāre to clean out. See ex-1, purge, -ate1
- 1615–25
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delete, excise, censor, purge, bowdlerize.
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