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On Thursday 06 February 2003 12:00 am, Ashley Kitson wrote:
> In my Ximian mail system I keep getting messages that it is 'expunging'
> something. What on earth does that mean? I checked in my dictionary
> to no avail.
>
> Kind regards
> Ashley Kitson
Just as a side note, you can find definitions from the command line. ;)
Just install the 'dictd' package.
$ which dict | xargs rpm -qf
dictd-1.5.5-3
It allows you to query several databases for definitions, very useful:
$ 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}]
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