2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.

The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for.

Hooker.

Ex*or"bi*tant*ly, adv. In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.

Ex*or"bi*tate (?), v. i. [L. exorbitatus, p. p. of exorbitare. See Exorbitant.] To go out of the track; to deviate. [Obs.] Bentley.

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Ex"or*cise (ks"r*sz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exorcised (- szd); p. pr. & vb. n. Exorcising (- s`zng).] [L. exorcizare, Gr. 'exorki`zein; 'ex out + "orki`zein to make one swear, bind by an oath, fr. "o`rkos oath: cf. F. exorciser.] 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.

He impudently excorciseth devils in the church.

Prynne.

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