Crossword clues for bowdlerise
The Collaborative International Dictionary
bowdlerise
bowdlerise \bowdlerise\ v. same as bowdlerize.
Syn: bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, cut.
Wiktionary
bowdlerise
vb. (alternative form of bowdlerize English)
WordNet
bowdlerise
v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten]
Usage examples of "bowdlerise".
He does not Bowdlerise who uses pumice to a blot, but he who rubs the copy into holes wherever he can find an honest letter with a downstroke thicker than becomes a fine-nibbed pen.
Lunzie was relieved rather than upset and eventually gave Dondara a bowdlerised description of the events.