Category: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.