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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Bowdlerize \Bowd"ler*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an
English physician, who published an expurgated edition of
Shakespeare in 1818.]
To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts
considered offensive; to remove morally objectionable parts;
-- said of literary texts.
Syn: bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten, cut.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom
Jones . . . that a Bowdlerized version of it would
be hardly intelligible as a tale. --F. Harrison.
[1913 Webster] -- Bowd`ler*i*za"tion, n. --
Bowd"ler*ism, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Bowdlerize \Bowd"ler*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an
English physician, who published an expurgated edition of
Shakespeare in 1818.]
To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts
considered offensive.
It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones
. . . that a Bowlderized version of it would be hardly
intelligible as a tale. --F. Harrison.
-- Bowd`ler*i*za"tion, n. -- Bowd"ler*ism, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
bowdlerize
v : edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate,
shorten]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Bowdlerize
vb.
(alternative form of en bowdlerize)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Bowdlerize
vb.
(alternative form of en bowdlerize)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Bowdlerize
vb.
(alternative form of en bowdlerize)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Bowdlerize
vb.
(alternative form of en bowdlerize)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bowdlerize
Englanti vb.
(vaiht-kirj en bowdler ize)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Bowdlerize /bˈəʊdəlɹˌaɪz/
نقّح
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bowdlerize /bˈəʊdəlɹˌaɪz/
odstranit části textu
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
bowdlerize /bˈəʊdəlɹˌaɪz/
etw. zensieren
Synonym: bowdlerise sth.
see: bowdlerizing, bowdlerising, bowdlerized, bowdlerised
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
bowdlerize //ˈbaʊd.lə.ˌɹaɪz//
bowdlerisoida, sensuroida
to remove or alter parts of a text considered offensive
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
bowdlerize //ˈbaʊd.lə.ˌɹaɪz//
伏せ字, 伏字
to remove or alter parts of a text considered offensive
From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]
bowdlerize /baudləraiz/
castificare
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
bowdlerize /bˈəʊdəlɹˌaɪz/
1. bir eserden ahlaka aykırı olduğu düşünülen kısımları çıkarmak veya değiştirmek
2. ıslah etmek.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "bowdlerize":
abbreviate, abridge, bleach, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, censor,
clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, cross out, cut,
delete, delouse, depurate, deterge, dry-clean, dust, dust off,
edit, edit out, erase, expunge, expurgate, freshen, kill, lustrate,
omit, purge, purify, reform, rescind, rub out, scavenge, spruce,
steam-clean, strike, strike off, strike out, sweep out, sweeten,
tidy, void, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 删除猥亵的文句,任意删改;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 删除猥亵的文句,任意删改
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