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expurge

expurge verb: to expurgate.

Verb

expurge (third-person singular simple present expurges, present participle expurging, simple past and past participle expurged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To expurgate.
    • perfected those catalogues and expurging indexes1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

Forms of expurge

third-person singular presentexpurges
present participleexpurging
past participleexpurged
pastexpurged

Origin of expurge

From Middle French expurger, from Old French espurgier, from Latin expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”). See expurgate.

Questions about expurge

What does expurge mean?
Expurge means to expurgate.
What part of speech is expurge?
Expurge is a verb.
What is the past tense of expurge?
The past tense of expurge is expurged.

Words near expurge in the dictionary

  1. expurgative
  2. expurgator
  3. expurgatorial
  4. expurgators
  5. expurgatory
  6. expurge
  7. expurged
  8. expurges
  9. expurging
  10. expwy
  11. expwys

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