expugner (g silent)

[Eng.expugn; -er.] A conqueror, a vanquisher, a subduer. 1747 *1. To purge, to clear, to make clean, to purify. 2. To clear or free from anything offensive, obscene, or noxious. (Used.especially of books.) "Juan was taught from out the best edition, Expurgated by learned men." Byron: Don Juan, i. 44. ěx-pür-gā-tion, s . [Lat. expurgatio , from ex purgatus , pa. par. of expurgo ; Fr.expurgation ; Sp. expurgacion ; Ital. espurgazione , spurgazione .] 1. The act of purging or cleansing; the state of being purged or cleansed. 2. Purification or clearing from anything offensive, noxious, or obscene. "Wise men know, that arts and learning want expurga tion ; and if the course of truth be permitted to itself, it cannot escape many errors."- Browne : Vulgar Errors. (To the Reader.)