EXPURGATE

Ex″pur‐gate (ĕks″pŭr‐gāt or ĕks‐pûr″gāt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated (–gā″tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating (–gā″tĭng).] [[L. expurgatus, p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.]] To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.