expurgate

Etymology

From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/

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Verb

expurgate (third-person singular simple present expurgates, present participle expurgating, simple past and past participle expurgated)

1. (transitive) To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.

   The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.

Participle

expurgāte

1. vocative masculine singular of expurgātus