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bowd·ler·ize (bdl-rz, boud-)

tr.v. bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing, bowd·ler·iz·es

1. To expurgate (a book, for example) prudishly.

2. To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.