English-Thai Dictionary

exorcise

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXORCISE

v.i.s as z. [Gr. to adjure, to bind by oath, an oath. ] 1. To adjure by some holy name; but chiefly, to expel evil spirits by conjurations, prayers and ceremonies. To exorcise a person, is to expel from him the evil spirit supposed to possess him. To exorcise a demon or evil spirit, is to cast him out or drive him from a person, by prayers or other ceremonies.
2. To purify from unclean spirits by adjurations and ceremonies; to deliver from the influence of malignant spirits or demons; as, to exorcise a bed or a house.

 

EXORCISED

pp. Expelled from a person or place by conjurations and prayers; freed from demons in like manner.

 

EXORCISER

n.One who pretends to cast out evil spirits by adjurations and conjuration.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXORCISE

Ex "or *cise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exorcised; p. pr. & vb. n.Exorcising. ] Etym: [L. exorcizare, Gr. exorciser. ]

 

1. To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc. , by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon ) or to conjure (a demon ) to depart out of a person possessed by one. He impudently excorciseth devils in the church. Prynne.

 

2. To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon. Exorcise the beds and cross the walls. Dryden. Mr. Spectator. .. do all you can to exorcise crowds who are. ..processed as I am. Spectator.

 

EXORCISER

EXORCISER Ex "or *ci `ser, n.

 

Defn: An exorcist.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exorcise

ex or cise |ˈeksôrˌsīz, ˈeksər -ˈɛksɔrsaɪz |(also exorcize ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit ) from a person or place: an attempt to exorcise an unquiet spirit | figurative : inflation has been exorcised. • rid (a person or place ) of an evil spirit: infants were exorcised prior to baptism. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French exorciser or ecclesiastical Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex- ‘out ’ + horkos ‘oath. ’ The word originally meant ‘conjure up or command an evil spirit ’; the specific sense of driving out an evil spirit dates from the mid 16th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

exorcise

exorcise |ˈɛksɔːsʌɪz |(also exorcize ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] drive out or attempt to drive out (a supposed evil spirit ) from a person or place: an attempt to exorcise an unquiet spirit. • rid (a person or place ) of a supposed evil spirit: infants were exorcised prior to baptism. • completely remove (something unpleasant ) from one's mind or memory: she wanted to exorcise some of the pain. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French exorciser or ecclesiastical Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein, from ex- ‘out ’ + horkos ‘oath ’. The word originally meant ‘conjure up an evil spirit ’; the current sense dates from the mid 16th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

exorcise

exorcise verb 1 exorcising an evil spirit: drive out, cast out, expel. 2 they exorcised the house: purify, cleanse, purge.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

exorcise

exorcise verb 1 an attempt to exorcise a spirit: drive out, cast out, expel. 2 Jesuit priests were called in to exorcise the house of the demon: rid, deliver, free, purify, cleanse, purge; rare lustrate.

 

French Dictionary

exorciser

exorciser v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Chasser à l ’aide d ’un rituel. : Le sorcier a exorcisé les démons. 2 Délivrer des démons à l ’aide d ’un rituel. : Ce possédé a été exorcisé. SYNONYME conjurer . aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exorcise

ex or cise -cize /éksɔː r sàɪz /動詞 他動詞 1 (魔法 呪文 宗教儀式などで ) «…から » 〈悪霊など 〉を追い払う «from , out of » ; 〈人 場所など 〉を 【悪霊などから 】祓 （はら ）い清める «of » .2 〈いやな記憶など 〉を追い払う, 取り除く .