[ˈɛksəsʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- drive out or attempt to drive out (a supposed evil spirit) from a person or place
(e.g: an attempt to exorcise an unquiet spirit)


Phrases:

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 century