"exorcise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɛk.sɔː.saɪz/ [UK], /ˈɛk.sɔɹˌsaɪz/ [US], /ˈɛk.sɚˌsaɪz/ [US] Forms: exorcises [present, singular, third-person], exorcising [participle, present], exorcised [participle, past], exorcised [past]
Etymology: From Middle English exorcisen, exorzisen, from Medieval Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to banish an evil spirit; bind by oath”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos). Compare Old French exorciser. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|exorcisen}} Middle English exorcisen, {{der|en|ML.|exorcizō}} Medieval Latin exorcizō, {{der|en|grc|ἐξορκίζω|t=to banish an evil spirit; bind by oath}} Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to banish an evil spirit; bind by oath”), {{cog|fro|exorciser}} Old French exorciser Head templates: {{en-verb}} exorcise (third-person singular simple present exorcises, present participle exorcising, simple past and past participle exorcised)
  1. (transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer. Tags: transitive Translations (to drive out an evil spirit): ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō) (Ancient Greek), exorcitzar (Catalan), verdrijven (Dutch), uitbannen (Dutch), ekzorci (Esperanto), manata (Finnish), exorciser (French), exorzieren (German), austreiben (German), εξορκίζω (exorkízo) (Greek), exorcisar (Ido), esorcizzare (Italian), adiuro (Latin), exorzéieren (Luxembourgish), peiwairua (Maori), d'senchorchéler (Norman), exorcizar (Portuguese), exorciza (Romanian), изгонять (izgonjatʹ) (alt: бесов) (Russian), exorcizar (Spanish), виганя́ти (vyhanjáty) (alt: нечисту силу) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́гнати (výhnaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), באַשווערן (bashvern) (Yiddish), משביע זײַן (mashbiye zayn) (Yiddish), אַרויסטרײַבן (aroystraybn) (Yiddish)
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  2. (transitive) To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit. Tags: transitive Translations (to rid of an evil spirit): manata (Finnish), exorcizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-exorcise-en-verb-kqQM1Gu1 Disambiguation of 'to rid of an evil spirit': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exorcize Derived forms: exorcisable, exorcisement, exorcism, exorcist

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "manata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorciser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "austreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exorkízo",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "εξορκίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "exorkízō",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "ἐξορκίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorcisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "esorcizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "adiuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorzéieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "peiwairua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "d'senchorchéler"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorcizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorciza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "бесов",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgonjatʹ",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "изгонять"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorcizar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "нечисту силу",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyhanjáty",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "виганя́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výhnaty",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́гнати"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashvern",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "באַשווערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mashbiye zayn",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "משביע זײַן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aroystraybn",
      "sense": "to drive out an evil spirit",
      "word": "אַרויסטרײַבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rid of an evil spirit",
      "word": "manata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rid of an evil spirit",
      "word": "exorcizar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exorcise"
}

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