Definition of "bowdlerise" []

• Alternative form of bowdlerize. (verb)

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• "Already the municipal council of Paris has undertaken to 'bowdlerise' the literature of the world in order to prevent the minds of the young from being perverted by coming into contact with the name of God."
• "And she says those who "bowdlerise" children's literature do have good intentions, but they are missing the cultural and historical point of nursery rhymes and fairytales."
• "You will have to be brave, the temptation to bowdlerise his life is strong."