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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 prayers
Familiarity information: EXORCISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it exorcises Past simple: exorcised
Past participle: exorcised
-ing form: exorcising
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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