Crossword clues for exorcising
exorcising
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exorcise \Ex"or*cise\ ([e^]ks"[o^]r*s[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exorcised (-s[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Exorcising (-s[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [L. exorcizare, Gr. 'exorki`zein; 'ex out + "orki`zein to make one swear, bind by an oath, fr. "o`rkos oath: cf. F. exorciser.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of exorcise English)
Usage examples of "exorcising".
For example, the talent of exorcising demons could be the centerpiece of a story about someone who gets fed up with Demoness Metria, but it was squeezed into a mere mention.
I've never wanted to be old” Vonella waved her hands again, exorcising age and infirmity.
But in exorcising a bewitched person both methods are to be used, because he is tormented both within and without.
But of that other world he still remembered just enough to know the exorcising words.