Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to expurgate
Participle: expurgated
Gerund: expurgating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | expurgate |
| you | expurgate |
| he;she;it | expurgates |
| we | expurgate |
| you | expurgate |
| they | expurgate |
Perfect
| I | have expurgated |
| you | have expurgated |
| he;she;it | has expurgated |
| we | have expurgated |
| you | have expurgated |
| they | have expurgated |
Past
| I | expurgated |
| you | expurgated |
| he;she;it | expurgated |
| we | expurgated |
| you | expurgated |
| they | expurgated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expurgated |
| you | had expurgated |
| he;she;it | had expurgated |
| we | had expurgated |
| you | had expurgated |
| they | had expurgated |
Future
| I | will expurgate |
| you | will expurgate |
| he;she;it | will expurgate |
| we | will expurgate |
| you | will expurgate |
| they | will expurgate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have expurgated |
| you | will have expurgated |
| he;she;it | will have expurgated |
| we | will have expurgated |
| you | will have expurgated |
| they | will have expurgated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | expurgate |
| you | expurgate |
| he;she;it | expurgate |
| we | expurgate |
| you | expurgate |
| they | expurgate |
Perfect
| I | have expurgated |
| you | have expurgated |
| he;she;it | have expurgated |
| we | have expurgated |
| you | have expurgated |
| they | have expurgated |
Imperfect
| I | expurgated |
| you | expurgated |
| he;she;it | expurgated |
| we | expurgated |
| you | expurgated |
| they | expurgated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expurgated |
| you | had expurgated |
| he;she;it | had expurgated |
| we | had expurgated |
| you | had expurgated |
| they | had expurgated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would expurgate |
| you | would expurgate |
| he;she;it | would expurgate |
| we | would expurgate |
| you | would expurgate |
| they | would expurgate |
Perfect
| I | would have expurgated |
| you | would have expurgated |
| he;she;it | would have expurgated |
| we | would have expurgated |
| you | would have expurgated |
| they | would have expurgated |
Imperative
| you | expurgate |
| we | Let's expurgate |
| you | expurgate |
Verbs conjugated like 'expurgate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'expurgate'
epurate,
expurge,
compurgate,
depurate,
evulgate,
exarate,
excarnate,
excoriate,
excreate,
exculpate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”).
Sample Sentences
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The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
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Yossarian was busy expurgating all but romance words from the letters when the chaplain sat down in a chair between the beds and asked him how he was feeling. [1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Texan”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 6:]
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The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.