BOWDLERIZE

Bowd″ler‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing (?).] [[After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an English physician, who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]] To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive. It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones . . . that a Bowlderized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale. F. Harrison. — Bowd′ler‐i‐za″tion (#), n. — Bowd″ler‐ism (#), n.