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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list