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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
expurgated \expurgated\ adj.
having material deleted; -- of books; as, at that time even
Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated
versions.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Expurgate \Ex"pur*gate\ ([e^]ks"p[u^]r*g[=a]t or
[e^]ks*p[^u]r"g[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated
([e^]ks`p[u^]r*g[=a]"t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating
([e^]ks`p[u^]r*g[=a]"t[i^]ng).] [L. expurgatus, p. p. of
expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to
cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.]
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or
erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Expurgate \Ex"pur*gate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Expurgated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating.] [L. expurgatus,
p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare
to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.]
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or
erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
expurgated
adj : having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was
considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions"
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
expurgated
a.
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material
removed.
vb.
(infl of en expurgate ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
expurgated
a.
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material
removed.
vb.
(infl of en expurgate ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
expurgated
a.
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material
removed.
vb.
(infl of en expurgate ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
expurgated
a.
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material
removed.
vb.
(infl of en expurgate ed-form)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Expurgated /ˈɛkspəɡˌeɪtɪd/
محرّر
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
expurgated /ˈɛkspəɡˌeɪtɪd/
cenzuroval
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
expurgated /ˈɛkspəɡˌeɪtɪd/
bearbeitet, verhunzt, verstümmelt
Synonyms: bowdlerized, bowdlerised
see: bowdlerize / bowdlerise, expurgate sth., bowdlerizing, bowdlerising, expurgating
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