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Bowdlerize
Pronunciation : Bowd"ler*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an English physician
Part of Speech : who
Definition : Defn: To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.
It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones . . . that a Bowlderized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale. F. Harrison.
-- Bowd`ler*i*za"tion (#), n. --Bowd"ler*ism (#), n.
published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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