Expunge

eks-punj', v. T-punged (-punjd'), -pun- ging.] To blot out, as with a pen; to strike out, wipe out or destroy, efface, erase, cancel. [L. expungere, f ex and pungere, punctum, to prick not f sponge.] — Expunc'tion, -punk's hun, n. Act of expunging or erasing. Expurgate, eks'per or eks-pSr'gat, v. To purify from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse, purge. [L. exjmrgare. -gatum, ex and purgare, to purge.] — Expurga'tion, n. Act of, etc. — Expurgator, eks'per or eks-per'ga-tSr, n. One who, etc. — Expur'gatory, -to-rT, a. Serving to, etc. — Expurgatory Index [L. Index Expurgatorixts.] A catalogue of books forbidden by the Rom. Cath. church, as teaching things contrary to its creed.