2. 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.

Ex"or*ci`ser (-s`zr), n. An exorcist.

Ex"or*cism (-sz'm), n. [L. exorcismus, Gr. 'exorkizmo`s; cf. F. exorcisme.] 1. The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.

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