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EXPURGE

Definition: EXPURGE

EXPURGE

Transitive verb

1. To purge away.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Expurge \Ex*purge"\, transitive verb. [Compare to Old French espurgier. See Expurgate.]. (references)

 

Anagrams: EXPURGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-p-r-u-x"

-1 letter: pugree.

-2 letters: puree, purge, repeg, rupee.

-3 letters: eger, gree, grue, peer, pree, prex, pure, urge.

-4 letters: ere, erg, gee, pee, peg, per, pug, pur, ree, reg, rep, rex, rue, rug.

-5 letters: er, ex, pe, re, up, xu.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-g-p-r-u-x"
 

+1 letter: expunger.

 

+2 letters: expungers, expurgate.

 

+3 letters: expurgated, expurgates.

 

+5 letters: unexpurgated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EXPURGE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 58 50 55 52 47 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -..-    .--.    ..-    .-.    --.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01011000 01010000 01010101 01010010 01000111 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

E X P U R G E

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0058 0050 0055 0052 0047 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39585055524139

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