Definition of Expurgating

1. Verb. (present participle of expurgate) ¹

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Definition of Expurgating

1. expurgate [v] - See also: expurgate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expurgating

expuncted
expunction
expunctions
expuncts
expunge
expunged
expungement
expungements
expunger
expungers
expunges
expunging
expurgate
expurgated
expurgates
expurgating (current term)
expurgation
expurgations
expurgator
expurgatorial
expurgatorious
expurgators
expurgatory
expurge
expurged
expurges
expurging
exquisite
exquisitely
exquisiteness

Literary usage of Expurgating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Methodist Review (1844)
"It is thus that she labours to fabricate what she calls the "unanimous consent of the ancient fathers," by expurgating their works of all the testimony they ..."

2. Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by James Donald, William Chambers (1878)
"expurgating ; Pa.p. expurgated. ... or purifies. expurgation, eks-pur-gä'shun, n., act of expurgating vt purifying. ..."

3. An Account of the Indexes: Both Prohibitory and Expurgatory, of the Church by Joseph Mendham (1826)
"His arguments, however, are conclusive, and eminently important; particularly those, by which he establishes the charge of altering, or expurgating, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... be necessary in order to determine a mode of treatment effective enough for practical use in expurgating sharks for experiments in artificial infection. ..."

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