bowdlerise

2 definitions found

bowdlerise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  bowdlerise \bowdlerise\ v.
     same as bowdlerize.
  
     Syn: bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, cut.
          [WordNet 1.5]

bowdlerise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bowdlerise
      v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
           "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise,
           expurgate, castrate, shorten]