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Definition of: bowdlerize
(boud′lər·īz) v.t. ·ized, ·iz·ing
To expurgate or edit prudishly. [after Dr. Thomas Bowdler's “family” edition of Shakespeare (1818)]
—bowd′ler·i·za′tion noun
—bowd′ler·ism noun
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