expurgate
Meaningto cleanse out
Common meaning: to remove objectionable parts
- exout
- purgto cleanseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1492 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘out’ + ‘to cleanse’ → expurgate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin pūrgō ‘to cleanse’.
Roots
- pūrgō, pūrgāre Latin “to cleanse”
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