expurgate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ex=pur=gate

CIDE DICTIONARY

expurgate, v. t. [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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

expurgate, v.tr.
1 remove matter thought to be objectionable from (a book etc.).
2 remove (such matter).

Derivative

expurgation n. expurgator n. expurgatorial adj. expurgatory adj.

Etymology

L expurgare expurgat- (as EX-(1), purgare cleanse)

THESAURUS

expurgate

abbreviate, abridge, bleach, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, 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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

expurgate

Cleanness

VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.