Definition for

exorcise


To expel by conjurations and religious or magical ceremonies; drive out by religious or magical agencies: as, to exorcise evil spirits.

To purify from unclean spirits by adjurations and religious or magical ceremonies; deliver from the influence of malignant spirits or demons: as, to exorcise a house.

To call up or forth, as a spirit; conjure up.

transitive verb – 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.

transitive verb – To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.

verb – To drive out an evil spirit from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer

verb – To rid a person, place or thing of an evil spirit

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