BOWDLERIZES

Verb

bowdlerizes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerize

Verb

Bowdlerizes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Bowdlerize

Source: Wiktionary


BOWDLERIZE

Bowd"ler*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an English physician, who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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