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transitive verb exorcised or exorcized, exorcising or exorcizing
Origin: ME exorcisen < LL(Ec) exorcizare < Gr exorkizein, to swear a person (in N.T., to banish an evil spirit) < ex-, out + horkizein, to make one swear < horkos, an oath, akin to horkanē, enclosure, herkos, fence, prob. < IE base *ser-, wickerwork > L sarcire, to patch
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transitive verb ex·or·cised, ex·or·cis·ing, ex·or·cis·es
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Origin: Middle English exorcisen
Origin: , from Late Latin exorcizāre
Origin: , from Greek exorkizein
Origin: : ex-, out of; see exo-
Origin: + horkizein, to make one swear (from horkos, oath)
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