\Bowd"ler*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowdlerized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bowdlerizing}.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an
English physician, who published an expurgated edition of
Shakespeare in 1818.]
To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts
considered offensive.
      It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones
      . . . that a Bowlderized version of it would be hardly
      intelligible as a tale.                  --F. Harrison.
-- {Bowd`ler*i*za"tion}, n. -- {Bowd"ler*ism}, n.