transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Etymology: Thomas Bowdler died 1825 English editor Date: 1836 to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar, to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content, bowdlerization noun ~r noun
BOWDLERIZE
Meaning of BOWDLERIZE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012