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exorcizar

exorcizar

Portuguese

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present indicative exorcizo, past participle exorcizado)

  1. (transitive, religion, parapsychology) to exorcise (to drive out an evil spirit from someone or something)
  2. (figuratively) to get rid of something evil or reprehensible

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin exorcizare, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζειν (exorkízein), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcicé, past participle exorcizado)

  1. to exorcise

Conjugation

  • Rule: z becomes a c before e.

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