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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXPURGATE

From Latin expurgāre to clean out, from purgāre to purify.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPURGATE

expurgate  [ˈɛkspəˌɡeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPURGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expurgate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb expurgate in English.

WHAT DOES EXPURGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Expurgation

Expurgation is a form of censorship which involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive, usually from an artistic work. Bowdlerization is a pejorative term for the practice, particularly the expurgation of lewd material from books. The term derives from Thomas Bowdler's 1818 edition of William Shakespeare's plays, which he reworked in order to make them more suitable, in his opinion, for women and children. He similarly edited Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. A fig-leaf edition is such a bowdlerized text, deriving from the practice of covering the genitals of nudes in classical and Renaissance statues and paintings with fig leaves. The radio or Wal-Mart version of a song or album is a term in the modern music industry for works whose lyrics have been edited to comply with the content policies of broadcasters and retailers.

Definition of expurgate in the English dictionary

The definition of expurgate in the dictionary is to amend by removing.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXPURGATE

PRESENT

Present
I expurgate
you expurgate
he/she/it expurgates
we expurgate
you expurgate
they expurgate
Present continuous
I am expurgating
you are expurgating
he/she/it is expurgating
we are expurgating
you are expurgating
they are expurgating
Present perfect
I have expurgated
you have expurgated
he/she/it has expurgated
we have expurgated
you have expurgated
they have expurgated
Present perfect continuous
I have been expurgating
you have been expurgating
he/she/it has been expurgating
we have been expurgating
you have been expurgating
they have been expurgating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I expurgated
you expurgated
he/she/it expurgated
we expurgated
you expurgated
they expurgated
Past continuous
I was expurgating
you were expurgating
he/she/it was expurgating
we were expurgating
you were expurgating
they were expurgating
Past perfect
I had expurgated
you had expurgated
he/she/it had expurgated
we had expurgated
you had expurgated
they had expurgated
Past perfect continuous
I had been expurgating
you had been expurgating
he/she/it had been expurgating
we had been expurgating
you had been expurgating
they had been expurgating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will expurgate
you will expurgate
he/she/it will expurgate
we will expurgate
you will expurgate
they will expurgate
Future continuous
I will be expurgating
you will be expurgating
he/she/it will be expurgating
we will be expurgating
you will be expurgating
they will be expurgating
Future perfect
I will have expurgated
you will have expurgated
he/she/it will have expurgated
we will have expurgated
you will have expurgated
they will have expurgated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been expurgating
you will have been expurgating
he/she/it will have been expurgating
we will have been expurgating
you will have been expurgating
they will have been expurgating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would expurgate
you would expurgate
he/she/it would expurgate
we would expurgate
you would expurgate
they would expurgate
Conditional continuous
I would be expurgating
you would be expurgating
he/she/it would be expurgating
we would be expurgating
you would be expurgating
they would be expurgating
Conditional perfect
I would have expurgate
you would have expurgate
he/she/it would have expurgate
we would have expurgate
you would have expurgate
they would have expurgate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been expurgating
you would have been expurgating
he/she/it would have been expurgating
we would have been expurgating
you would have been expurgating
they would have been expurgating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you expurgate
we let´s expurgate
you expurgate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to expurgate
Past participle
expurgated
Present Participle
expurgating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPURGATE


arrogate
ˈærəˌɡeɪt
delegate
ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt
derogate
ˈdɛrəˌɡeɪt
divagate
ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt
extravagate
ɪkˈstrævəˌɡeɪt
homologate
hɒˈmɒləˌɡeɪt
indagate
ˈɪndəˌɡeɪt
interrogate
ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪt
investigate
ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
mitigate
ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt
navigate
ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
objurgate
ˈɒbdʒəˌɡeɪt
propagate
ˈprɒpəˌɡeɪt
prorogate
ˈprəʊrəˌɡeɪt
reinterrogate
ˌriːɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪt
runagate
ˈrʌnəˌɡeɪt
subrogate
ˈsʌbrəˌɡeɪt
supererogate
ˌsuːpərˈɛrəˌɡeɪt
tailgate
ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt
Watergate
ˈwɔːtəˌɡeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPURGATE

expropriation
expropriator
exptl
expugn
expugnable
expugnation
expulse
expulsion
expulsion order
expulsive
expunct
expunction
expunge
expunger
expurgated
expurgation
expurgator
expurgatorial
expurgatory
expurge

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPURGATE

agate
aggregate
AND gate
climategate
elongate
ergate
exclusive OR gate
frigate
gate
Harrogate
in the aggregate
legate
liftgate
Margate
moss agate
negate
obligate
surrogate
virgate
Wingate

Synonyms and antonyms of expurgate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXPURGATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «expurgate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of expurgate

Translation of «expurgate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPURGATE

Find out the translation of expurgate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of expurgate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expurgate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

expurgate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expurgate
570 millions of speakers

English

expurgate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

expurgate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

expurgate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

expurgate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expurgate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শোধন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

eXpurgate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Expurgate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eXpurgate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

expurgate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

expurgate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Expurgate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bỏ bớt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

expurgate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्फळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arıtmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eXpurgate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

expurgate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

expurgate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eXpurgate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

expurgate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

expurgate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expurgate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expurgate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expurgate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPURGATE»

The term «expurgate» is normally little used and occupies the 121.228 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPURGATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «expurgate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «expurgate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expurgate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPURGATE»

Discover the use of expurgate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expurgate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Intimate With Walt: Whitmans Conversataions With Horace Traubel
I have heard nothing but expurgate, expurgate, expurgate from the day I started. Everybody wants to expurgate something—this, that, the other thing. If I accepted all the suggestions there wouldn't be one leaf of the Leaves left—and if I accept ...
Horace Traubel, Gary Schmidgall, 2001
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SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING
To free from a falsehood orerror Expurgate ...............Remove parts thought objectionable or “dirty” Immutable ...............Never changing; unchangeable 1. Feelings of enmity, long held in abeyance, (d) into a burning desire for revenge. 1 .
Robert L. Crist, 2008
3
The SAT Word Slam: Rhyme Your Way to a Better Vocabulary and ...
Expurgate. (verb) “eX-per-gate” Aggressive expurgation Is one wayto amend. You cut outwords and phrases That might shock or might offend. The showyou love on cable Makes yourfatheryell, “X rated!” I'll betyou don't agree about What ...
Jodi Fodor, 2009
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Ladybugs of Alberta: Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots
Expurgate. Ladybug. HIPPODAMIA EXPURCATA Casey ("HIPP-oh-DAME-ee-ah EX-purr-GATE-ah") There LUOS once an expurgated insect, That was soon, with a number 2 pin, decked. THE NAME Expurgata means deeply cleaned, ...
John Acorn, 2007
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A Source Book in Medieval Science
10 THE COMMAND TO EXPURGATE ARISTOTLE'S BOOKS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (1231) Translated by Lynn Thorndike1 Annotated by Edward Grant 1 1 THE NATURAL BOOKS OF ARISTOTLE IN THE ARTS CURRICULUM AT THE ...
Edward Grant, 1974
6
Expurgating the Classics: Editing Out in Latin and Greek
There are clearly school editions that do not expurgate and critical editions that do. Green's 1867 edition, as far as I can tell, does not expurgate at all, even though that was modified in subsequent editions. As I have discussed, Felton's school ...
S. J. Harrison, Stephen Harrison, Christopher Stray, 2012
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How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You ...
expurgate. (verb) = to remove matter deemed improper (from a work) from the Latin expurgare: to thoroughly cleanse, from ex-: out, and purgare: to cleanse e.g. Serial womaniser Casanova kept one fingernail especially long so that he could  ...
Hubert van den Bergh, 2010
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
Expurgate. (1) seize property from owner for public sale (2) remove passages from works deemed obscene (3) delete; expunge Word Used in Sentence(s) (1) It was clear that the outside consultant did not understand our market because I had ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
9
Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei
In. Which. Hunters. Expurgate. the. Fox. Fairies. In the town of Yuanhua in Haichang County there lived a wealthy family whose habit it was to work on the lower floor during the day, thus leaving the three bedrooms of the upper floor vacant.
Louise Edwards, Kam Louie, Yuan Mei, Mei Yuan, Louise P. Edwards, 1996
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Vocabulary Dictionary and Workbook: 2,856 Words You Must Know
To expurgate something (an unpublished manuscript, for example) is to remove ( or sometimes change) objectionable or offensive words or passages; to clean it up. The noun is expurgation, which can refer to the act of expurgating or to a ...
Mark Phillips, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPURGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term expurgate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wordplay | Letter Accompanying Sin
... who also makes his full-name debut today. And the northwest, which includes WHITE CAPS, RUM RAISIN and EXPURGATE, is mostly fresh. «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
San Beda pounds EAC to claim second NCAA win
Munsayac was able to expurgate San Beda's control with his beyond-the-arc shooting that cut the deficit to 18 before being ejected at the 1:58 ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
3
Oklahoma Constitution prohibits public display of Ten …
Of course, it seems more likely that the Oklahoma Supreme Court isn't going to expurgate all these religious references from Oklahoma public ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
5 Things You Need to Know About Zhou Yongkang
After Xi Jinping gained power, it became clear that he had to thoroughly expurgate Zhou to protect his fledging leadership, analysts say. «The Epoch Times, Jun 15»
5
The NASS Comeuppance
Why won't they take the dosage or get a remediation capsule to expurgate the bitter medication? It shows that those who do collegiate system ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jun 15»
6
Lulopetism: A Brazilian Social, Political, and Economic Lullaby
... for Lulopetism cannot be the absolute malaise and cause for all evils, but that does not expurgate the Worker's Party shared responsibility. «Diplomatic Courier, Jun 15»
7
Islam won't morph into something like Anglicanism
A good start for change would be for Muslims to examine their scriptures and expurgate those passages calling for violence against ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
8
Agro-parks, that bastard of a programme
Expurgate that! He is mendacious!" Hutchinson said. «Opposition eyes gov't spending on PR in election season · LAMP pays nominal fees for ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Apr 15»
9
20 years of Pavement's Wowee Zowee
Pavement ended up having Brighten the Corners to joke and play ironic about being rock heroes, but had to expurgate some stress first. «The 405, Apr 15»
10
ON THE WATER: A flyfisher's struggle with mud, race war
And it is probably fair to permit that none of the efforts to expurgate supposedly offensive symbols has anything to do with what those symbols ... «BDlive, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Expurgate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/expurgate>. Apr 2024 ».
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