exorcise
verb🔊/ˈeksɔːsaɪz/
🔊/ˈeksɔːrsaɪz/
(also exorcize)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exorcise | 🔊/ˈeksɔːsaɪz/ 🔊/ˈeksɔːrsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it exorcises | 🔊/ˈeksɔːsaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈeksɔːrsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple exorcised | 🔊/ˈeksɔːsaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈeksɔːrsaɪzd/ |
| past participle exorcised | 🔊/ˈeksɔːsaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈeksɔːrsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form exorcising | 🔊/ˈeksɔːsaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈeksɔːrsaɪzɪŋ/ |
to make an evil spirit leave a place or somebody’s body by special prayers or magic （用祈祷或法术）祛除（邪恶），驱（魔） - exorcise something from somebody/something
The ghost was exorcised from the house. 鬼被驱逐出了屋子。 - exorcise somebody/something (of something)
They said they were exorcising her of evil spirits. 他们说他们正在驱除她的恶魔。
- exorcise something from somebody/something
- exorcise something (from something) (formal)
to remove something that is bad or painful from your mind 消除，除去（不好的或痛苦的想法）
Word Originlate 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 cent.