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Webster 1913 Edition


Exorcise

Ex′or-cise

(ĕks′ŏr-sīz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exorcised
(-sīzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exorcising
(-sīˊzĭng)
.]
[L.
exorcizare
, Gr.
ἐξορκίζειν
;
ἐξ
out +
ὁρκίζειν
to make one swear, bind by an oath, fr.
ὅρκοσ
oath: cf. F.
exorciser
.]
1.
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.
He impudently
excorciseth
devils in the church.
Prynne.
2.
To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.
Exorcise
the beds and cross the walls.
Dryden.
Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to
exorcise
crowds who are . . . processed as I am.
Spectator.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exorcise

EX'ORCISE

,
Verb.
I.
s as z. [Gr. to adjure, to bind by oath, an oath.]
1.
To adjure by some holy name; but chiefly, to expel evil spirits by conjurations, prayers and ceremonies. To exorcise a person, is to expel from him the evil spirit supposed to possess him. To exorcise a demon or evil spirit, is to cast him out or drive him from a person, by prayers or other ceremonies.
2.
To purify from unclean spirits by adjurations and ceremonies; to deliver from the influence of malignant spirits or demons; as, to exorcise a bed or a house.

Definition 2024


exorcisé

exorcisé

See also: exorcise

French

Verb

exorcisé m (feminine singular exorcisée, masculine plural exorcisés, feminine plural exorcisées)

  1. past participle of exorciser