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Exorcise [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Gr. to adjure, to bind by oath, an oath.]

2. 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.

3. 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.

Exorcise [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.

Exorcised [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

Exorcised [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Exorciser [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

Exorciser [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An exorcist.