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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.