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exorcise

Main Entry:: ex·or·cise
Variant(s):: also ex·or·cize \ˈek-ˌsȯr-ˌsīz, -sər-\
Function:: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):: ex·or·cised also ex·or·cized; ex·or·cis·ing also ex·or·ciz·ing
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French exorciscer, from Late Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex- + horkizein to bind by oath, adjure, from horkos oath
Date:: 1539

1 a: to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration b: to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive)2: to free of an evil spirit

— ex·or·cis·er noun

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