ex-pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre, to purge, cleanse, purify: me, i. e. cure of poetic ecstasy, H.

— Fig.: expurgandus est sermo.

—To clear from censure, exculpate, vindicate, justify, excuse: me, T.: sese parum, fail to vindicate, S.: expurgaturum (obiecta) adseverans, Ta.

—Supin. abl.: non facilest expurgatu, T.