Definition of exorcise Exorcise

/ˈɛksəsˌa‍ɪz/ - ex•or•cise

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Verb exorcises, exorcising, exorcised
exorcise - expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits"
		exorcize
		turf out, boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turn out put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
		organized religion, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"

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exorcise (Verb)
To drive out an evil spirit from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
exorcise (Verb)
To rid a person, place or thing of an evil spirit.

exorcise (v. t.)
To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.
exorcise (v. t.)
To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.

exorcise
eks′or-sīz, or eks-or′-, v.t. to adjure by some holy name: to call forth or drive away, as a spirit: to deliver from the influence of an evil spirit.—ns. Ex′orcism, act of exorcising or expelling evil spirits by certain ceremonies: a formula for exorcising; Ex′orcist, one who exorcises or pretends to expel evil spirits by adjurations: (R.C. Church) the third of the minor orders. [Through Late L., from Gr. exorkizein—ex, out, horkos, an oath.]