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EXORCISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exorcise mean? 

EXORCISE (verb)
  The verb EXORCISE has 1 sense:

1. expel through adjuration or prayersplay

  Familiarity information: EXORCISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXORCISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they exorcise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it exorcises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: exorcised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: exorcised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: exorcising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel through adjuration or prayers

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

exorcise; exorcize

Context example:

exorcise evil spirits

Hypernyms (to "exorcise" is one way to...):

boot out; chuck out; eject; exclude; turf out; turn out (put out or expel from a place)

Domain category:

faith; organized religion; religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

exorciser (someone who practices exorcism)


 Context examples 


If Saul could have had you for his David, the evil spirit would have been exorcised without the aid of the harp.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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