D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Expurgate

/(ĕks"pŭr*gāt [or] ĕks*pûr"gāt; 277)/ · Ex·pur·gate · IPA /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/
01 v. t. To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
imp. & p. p. Expurgated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating
  1. 1.
    To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.