| 单词 | expurgate |
| 释义 | expurgate —expurgation, n. —expurgator, n. /ek"speuhr gayt'/, v.t., expurgated, expurgating. 1. to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales. 2. to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness. [1615-25; < L expurgatus, ptp. of expurgare to clean out. See EX-1, PURGE, -ATE1] Syn. 1. delete, excise, censor, purge, bowdlerize. |
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