n. [ From Burg: cf. F. bourgage, LL. burgagium. ] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bergamot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Burgonet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. compurgatio, fr. compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, v. t. ] 1. (Law) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. [ 1913 Webster ]

All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators. Chillingworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. “Their compurgatorial oath.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Myth.) Same as Doorga. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Expurgated p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating ] [ L. expurgatus, p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge. ] To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having material deleted; -- of books; as, at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation. ] The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who expurgates or purifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expurgatory. [ Obs. ] “Expurgatorious indexes.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. expurgatoire. ] Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. “Expurgatory animadversions.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Objurgated p. pr. & vb. n. Objurgating. ] [ L. objurgatus, p. p. of objurgare to chide; ob (see Ob-) + jurgare to quarrel, scold, fr. jus right, court. See Jury. ] To chide; to reprove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. objurgatio: cf. F. objurgation. ] The act of objurgating; reproof. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr. Ben Allen. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. objurgatorius. ] Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. purgamentum offscourings, washings, expiatory sacrifice. See Purge. ] 1. That which is excreted; excretion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A cathartic; a purgative. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. purgatio: cf. F. purgation. See Purge. ] 1. The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him put me to my purgation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. purgativus: cf. F. purgatif. ] Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purging medicine; a cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a purgative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory. Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. purgatorius. ] Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. purgatoire. ] A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To gall or wound with a spur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excessive purgation. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]