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Exorcise
see synonyms of exorciseVerb
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Exorcise
see synonyms of exorcise verb transitiveWord forms: ˈexorˌcised or ˈexorˌcized, ˈexorˌcising or ˈexorˌcizing
1.
to drive (an evil spirit or spirits) out or away by ritual prayers, incantations, etc.
2. Rare
to adjure (such a spirit or spirits)
3.
to free from such a spirit or spirits
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Exorcise
see synonyms of exorcisetr.v. ex·or·cised, ex·or·cis·ing, ex·or·cis·es
1.
a. To expel (an evil spirit), as by incantation, command, or prayer.
b. To eliminate or suppress (a malign influence or negative feeling, for example): "the man most Americans now loved to like as they exorcised the defeatist spirit of the 1960s" (Gil Troy).
2. To free from or rid of an evil spirit, malign influence, or other harmful factor: "Kaiser Wilhelm II's puritanical wife ... sent her personal chaplain to exorcise the palace rooms Leopold had been staying in" (Adam Hochschild).
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