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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being expelled or driven out.</def>

<h1>Expulsive</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pul"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>expulsif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>expulsive</b> power of a new affection. <i>Chalmers.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expunction</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*punc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expunctio</ets> execution, performance, from <ets>expungere</ets>. See <er>Expunge</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Expunge</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*punge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Expunged</er><tt>(?)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Expunging</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>expungere</ets>, <ets>expunctum</ets>, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>pungere</ets> to prick, puncture. See <er>Pungent.</er>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; <as>as, to <ex>expunge</ex> words, lines, or sentences</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; <as>as, to <ex>expugne</ex> an offense</as>.</def>

<i>Sandys.</i>

<blockquote><b>Expugne</b> the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.</syn>

<h1>Expurgate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"pur*gate</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Expurgated</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Expurgating</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>expurgatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>expurgare</ets> to purge, purify; <ets>ex</ets> out, from + <ets>purgare</ets> to cleanse, purify, purge. See <er>Purge</er>, and cf. <er>Spurge</er>.]</ety> <def>To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; <as>as, to <ex>expurgate</ex> a book</as>.</def>

<h1>Expurgation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`pur*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expurgatio</ets> justification, excuse: cf. F. <ets>expurgation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Expurgator</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"pur*ga`tor</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who expurgates or purifies.</def>

<h1>Expurgatorial</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.</def>

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Expurgatorious</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Expurgatory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Expurgatorious</i> indexes."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Expurgatory</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pur"ga*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>expurgatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.</def> "<i>Expurgatory</i> animadversions."