English-Thai Dictionary

expurgate

VT ตัด ส่วน ที่ ไม่เหมาะสม ออก ก่อน ตีพิมพ์  censor edit tad-suan-ti-mai-mor-som-ook-kon-ti-pim

 

expurgate from

PHRV ตัด ออกจาก  ตัดทอน ออก  ลบ ออกจาก  tad-ook-jak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPURGATE

v.t.[L. expurgo; ex and purgo, to cleanse. ] To purge; to cleanse; to purify from any thing noxious, offensive or erroneous.

 

EXPURGATED

pp. Purged; cleansed; purified.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPURGATE

Ex "pur *gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated (); p. pr. & vb. n.Expurgating ().] Etym: [L. expurgatus, p.p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge. ]

 

Defn: To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expurgate

ex pur gate |ˈekspərˌgāt ˈɛkspərˌɡeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (often as adj. expurgated ) remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account ): the expurgated Arabian Nights . DERIVATIVES ex pur ga tion |ˌekspərˈgāSHən |noun, ex pur ga tor noun, ex pur ga to ry |ikˈspərgəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘purge of excrement ’): from Latin expurgat- ‘thoroughly cleansed, ’ from the verb expurgare, from ex- ‘out ’ + purgare ‘cleanse. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

expurgate

expurgate |ˈɛkspəːgeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. expurgated ) remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account ): an expurgated English translation. DERIVATIVES expurgation |-ˈgeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, expurgator noun, expurgatory |ɛkˈspəːgət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘purge of excrement ’): from Latin expurgat- ‘thoroughly cleansed ’, from the verb expurgare, from ex- ‘out ’ + purgare ‘cleanse ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expurgate

expurgate verb a book that had been expurgated for use in schools: censor, bowdlerize, blue-pencil, cut, edit; clean up, sanitize, make acceptable, make palatable, water down, tame.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expurgate

expurgate verb a book which had been expurgated for use in schools: censor, bowdlerize, blue-pencil, cut, edit; clean up, purge, purify, sanitize, make acceptable, make palatable, make presentable, water down, emasculate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expurgate

ex pur gate /ékspə r ɡèɪt /動詞 他動詞 〈本など 〉から不適切な箇所を削除する ▸ an expurgated edition 削除版 è x pur g á tion 名詞 é x pur g à tor /-tə r /名詞