exorcize

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

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Meanings

verbexorcize (third-person singular simple present exorcizes, present participle exorcizing, simple past and past participle exorcized)

present singular third person exorcizes · participle present exorcizing · participle past exorcized · past exorcized

  1. USUS spelling of exorcise.

    There was a house in the village which had a poltergeist, one of those very mischievous influences which cause so much trouble. I volunteered to exorcize it. We have an official form of exorcism in the Church, you know, so I thought that I was well-armed.

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Synonyms & antonyms

verbexpel through adjuration or prayers

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Chicago

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