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EXORCIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they exorcize ... he / she / it exorcizes
Past simple: exorcized
Past participle: exorcized
-ing form: exorcizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expel through adjuration or prayers
Example:
exorcise evil spirits
Synonyms:
exorcise; exorcize
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "exorcize" 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:
exorcism (freeing from evil spirits)
