Definition of Bowdlerize

1. Verb. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. "They won't bowdlerize the story "; "Bowdlerize a novel"


Definition of Bowdlerize

1. v. t. To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.

Definition of Bowdlerize

1. Verb. To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly. ¹

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Definition of Bowdlerize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowdlerize

bow wows
bowab
bowable
bowabs
bowat
bowats
bowbent
bowdacious
bowdlerisation
bowdlerise
bowdlerised
bowdlerises
bowdlerising
bowdlerization
bowdlerizations
bowdlerize (current term)
bowdlerized
bowdlerizer
bowdlerizers
bowdlerizes
bowdlerizing
bowed
bowed down(p)
bowed out
bowed stringed instrument
bowed tendon
bowel
bowel cancer

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