On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 12:00:23AM -0500, Ashley Kitson wrote:
> something.  What on earth does that mean?  I checked in my dictionary to
> no avail.

My dictionary has it:

$ dict expunge
2 definitions found

>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Expunge \Ex*punge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expunged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Expunging}.] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out,
     expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to
     prick, puncture. See {Pungent.}]
     1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface
        designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to
        expunge words, lines, or sentences.
  
     2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as,
        to expugne an offense. --Sandys.
  
              Expugne the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy;
          annihilate; cancel.

>From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:

  expunge
       v : remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this
           remark from the record" [syn: {strike}, {excise}]

-- 
Hal Burgiss
 



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