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   exorcise

   /ˈɛksɔːsʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. 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" Similar drive outcast outexpelriddeliverfreepurifycleansepurgerare:lustrate
   • ▪ completely remove (something unpleasant) from one's mind or memory: "she wanted to exorcise some of the pain"

   Word 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.

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