bowdlerize

== English == === Alternative forms === Bowdlerize, bowdlerise, Bowdlerise === Etymology === From Bowdler +‎ -ize; named after English physician Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825). In 1818, he published a censored version of William Shakespeare (The Family Shakespeare), expurgating “those words and expressions […] which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.” === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaʊd.ləˌɹaɪz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbaʊd.ləɹˌaɪz/ === Verb === bowdlerize (third-person singular simple present bowdlerizes, present participle bowdlerizing, simple past and past participle bowdlerized) (transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bowdlerism ==== Translations ==== === See also === censor expunge expurgate redact sanitize