bowdlerize
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise…To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
Meaning
1 sensesTo remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor.
zensieren
цензури́роватьcenzurírovatʹ, вымарыватьvymaryvatʹ
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Translations
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Origin
From Bowdler + -ize; named after English physician Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825). In 1818, heFrom Bowdler + -ize; named after English physician Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825). In 1818, he published a censored version of William Shakespeare (The Family Shakespeare), expurgating “those words and expressions […] which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.”
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Forms
bowdlerizes, bowdlerizing, bowdlerized, bowdlerized| Base form | bowdlerize · to bowdlerize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bowdlerizes |
| Present participle | bowdlerizing |
| Past simple | bowdlerized |
| Past participle | bowdlerized |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate:bowdleriseexpurgatecastrateshorten
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle