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Word: Exorcise
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: from French exorciser or ecclesiastical Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex- ‘out’ + horkos ‘oath’. The word originally meant ‘conjure up an evil spirit’; the current sense dates from the mid 16th century
ˈɛksɔːsʌɪz
ˈɛksəsʌɪz
drive out or attempt to drive out (a supposed evil spirit) from a person or place
Short Definition:drive out or attempt to drive out supposed evil spirit from person
Examples:- an attempt to exorcise an unquiet spirit
- exorcize
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