bowdlerize

bowd·ler·ize  (bdl-rz, boud-)

tr.v. bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing, bowd·ler·iz·es

To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example).

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[After Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]

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bowdler·ism n.

bowdler·i·zation (-lr--zshn) n.

bowdler·izer n.

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bowdlerize, bowdlerise [ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz]

vb

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (tr) to remove passages or words regarded as indecent from (a play, novel, etc.); expurgate

[after Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English editor who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare]

bowdlerization , bowdlerisation n

bowdlerizer , bowdleriser n

bowdlerism  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bowdlerize - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

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bowdlerize

verb censor, cut, clean up, blue-pencil, expurgate, sanitize She had ceased to bowdlerize her storytelling.

Translations

bowdlerize [ˈbaʊdləraɪz] VT [+ book] → expurgar

bowdlerize [ˈbaʊdləraɪz] bowdlerise (British) vt → expurger

bowdlerize

vt book → von anstößigen Stellen säubern, reinigen; a bowdlerized version → eine zensierte Ausgabe

bowdlerize [ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz] vt → espurgare