- exorcise
- exorcise or exorcize [eks′ôr sīz΄]vt.exorcised or exorcized, exorcising or exorcizing [ME exorcisen < LL(Ec) exorcizare < Gr exorkizein, to swear a person (in N.T., to banish an evil spirit) < ex-, out + horkizein, to make one swear < horkos, an oath, akin to horkanē, enclosure, herkos, fence, prob. < IE base * ser-, wickerwork > L sarcire, to patch]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
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.