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bowd·ler·ize (bōd́lə-rīź, boud́-)

[After Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]

transitive verb: -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es. 

To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example).

derivatives

bowd́ler·ism
noun
bowd́ler·i·zátion
noun
bowd́ler·iźer
noun