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expurges

expurges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of expurge.

Meaning of expurge

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

Questions about expurges

What is expurges the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Expurges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of expurge.

Words near expurges in the dictionary

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

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