SAT Vocabulary Bowdlerize

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	bowdlerize Definition: remove parts of a literary work that are deemed vulgar Synonym: censor
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	External definitions: bowd·ler·ize (b d l -r z , boud -) tr.v. bowd·ler·ized , bowd·ler·iz·ing , bowd·ler·iz·es 1. To expurgate (a book, for example) prudishly. 2. To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner. [After Thomas `Bowdler` (1754-1825), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818]. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. bowd ler·ism n. bowd ler·i·za tion (-l r- -z sh n) n. bowd ler·iz er n.