"expurgate" meaning in English

See expurgate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/ Audio: en-us-expurgate.ogg Forms: expurgates [present, singular, third-person], expurgating [participle, present], expurgated [participle, past], expurgated [past]
Etymology: From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{uder|en|la|expurgātus}} Latin expurgātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} expurgate (third-person singular simple present expurgates, present participle expurgating, simple past and past participle expurgated)
  1. (transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-expurgate-en-verb-ziYJy6Bl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11
  2. (transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-expurgate-en-verb-iuBoxin-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: expurgator, expurgatory, expurgatorious Related terms: bowdlerise Translations (to cleanse, to purge): cenzurovat [imperfective] (Czech), sensuroida (Finnish), poistaa (Finnish), expurger (French), expurgar (Galician), ralat (Indonesian), meralat (Indonesian), pak kirin (Northern Kurdish), paqij kirin (Northern Kurdish), expurga (Romanian), expurgar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to cleanse, to purge': 51 49

Inflected forms

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